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TAMBOGRANDE, Peru – On June 2, 2002, nearly 40,000 people voluntarily participated in a non-binding local referendum to express their opinions on mining activities throughout the Tambogrande District, including the agro-exporting San Lorenzo Valley and the dry forest in the Locuto Community .   98% of the valid votes were against mining, which dealt a blow to Manhattan Minerals Corporation (now Mediterranean Resources), which had the concession to exploit three deposits between the City of Tambogrande and the Community of Locuto, as it evidenced a lack of social license . The Vancouver-based company had repeatedly claimed it had the support of the local population.   The impact of this exercise in democracy was such that it was replicated in Esquel (Argentina), Sipacapa (Guatemala), and three districts in the highlands of Piura (Peru) between 2003 and 2007, with similar results.   In the case of Tambogrande, following the referendum and the boycott b...

  TAMBOGRANDE, Piura – el 2 de junio de 2002, casi 40 mil personas salieron voluntariamente a participar de una consulta , sin efectos legales vinculantes, para expresar si estaban o no de acuerdo con actividades mineras en todo el distrito de Tambogrande , incluyendo el valle agroexportador de San Lorenzo y el bosque seco en la comunidad de Locuto .   El 98% de los votos válidos fue por el “No”, y eso golpeó a la entonces Manhattan Minerals Corporation (hoy mediterranean Resources), que tenía la concesión para explotar tres yacimientos entre la ciudad de Tambogrande y la comunidad de Locuto , puesto que evidenciaba falta de licencia social . La empresa basada en Vancouver, Canadá, había declarado varias veces que gozaba de respaldo entre la población.   el impacto de este ejercicio de democracia fue tal que se replicó en Esquel (Argentina), Sipacapa (Guatemala) y tres distritos en la sierra de Piura (Perú), entre 2003 y 2007 , con resultados similares. ...

  Photographs by Milton García , distributed by FACTORTIERRA.   TAMBOGRANDÉ, Peru – The petroglyphs of Malingas were used as inspiration to make up an allegorical chariot as part of the carnival parade performed in this city on February 11 th , 2023. The chariot presented by Malingas Village Municipality got in brief the touristic potentials of the community – the landscape and the archaeological rests .   In the first case, San Francisco Creek was stylized as that is a Piura River tributary, that serves like the northern border for the community.   In the second one, one of the traces existent in Malingas was framed, that according to the preliminary investigation by the archeologist Daniel Dávila, made between 2009 and 2011, they might be 4000 years old, made by migrants getting from Amazon Basin, having such as relation with the existence of water. Check out the full sightings.   The investigation about Malingas Petroglyphs was promoted b...

  Fotografías por Milton García , distribuidas por FACTORTIERRA.   TAMBOGRANDE, Piura – Los petroglifos de Malingas sirvieron de inspiración para montar un carro alegórico como parte del desfile de carnaval desarrollado en esta ciudad el 11 de febrero de 2023. El carro presentado por la Municipalidad de Centro Poblado Malingas sintetizó los potenciales turísticos de la comunidad, el paisaje y los restos arqueológicos .   En el primer caso se estilizó la quebrada de San Francisco, uno de los afluentes del río Piura , que sirve como límite norte a la comunidad.   En lo segundo, se representó uno de los trazos existentes en Malingas, y que, según investigación preliminar del arqueólogo Daniel Dávila hecha entre 2009 y 2011, podrían tener 4000 años de antigüedad, ser hechos por migrantes de origen amazónico y tener alguna relación con la existencia de agua. Revisa aquí los hallazgos.   La investigación sobre los petroglifos de Malingas fue promo...

A trekking trail connecting at least three sites with archaeological evidence in Malingas.   Photographs gathered by Milton Garcia Navarro   TAMBOGRANDÉ, Peru – In 2011, FACTORTIERRA announced to the world the existence of an archaeological rests network that could be until 4000 years old, located at the central part of Malingas Community . Basically, it’s about evidences of art-on-the-rock on and around Malingas Cord, a branch formed by five mounts apparently caused by volcanic activity judging the basalt that mostly forms their slopes. More than a decade later, it’s starting to value the touristic potential the zone has, despite the sites have not officially confirmed yet, they just have a preliminary survey by the archaeologist Daniel Dávila Manrique , the first scientific explorer of the zone between 2010 and 2011. “I’d like to return, make a new survey of every site,” Dávila said to FACTORTIERRA, when he learned about the initiative of giving them a touristic...