Consultation in Juchitán (@state-government of Oaxaca Oaxaca)
On 3 November, a consultative process was launched in Juchitán de Zaragoza in comformity with the stipulations of Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization (ILO). This process will involve five phases to allow for the population to accept or reject a proposed project for 132 wind-energy plants that would be installed on a territory of 5,332 hectares in their jurisdiction. This project would be owned by the Wind-Energy Firm of the South (formerly Mareña Renovables). This is the same project that was rejected by the Ikojts people in San Dionisio del Mar and the Binnizá from Álvaro Obregón, near Juchitán.
For the present, the form of the consultative process is being defined. The question has unleashed a number of reactions regarding the validity of said mechanism between those who believe it be a genuine and historical process, being the first consultation that is carried out, while others feel it is mere pretense.
For more information (in Spanish):
Se inicia en Juchitán consulta pública sobre parque eólico (La Jornada, 4 de noviembre de 2014)
Inicia en Juchitán proceso de consulta previa sobre proyecto eólico (Radio Formula, 3 de noviembre de 2014)
Modifican procedimiento del Protocolo de consulta eólica (Romonoticias, 4 de noviembre de 2014)
Protocolo para la Consulta en Juchitán
El parque eólico juchiteco: participación y preguntas(Quadratin Oaxaca, 30 de octubre de 2014)
Bodas de plata del Convenio 169 de la OIT: lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo (El periódico, 26 de octubre de 2014)
La consulta previa y los malabares del gobierno (Animal Político, 16 de octubre de 2014)
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