For more than 38 years of non-compliance, indigenous people block Panamericana
By: Leidy Capote López
In the last hours, the agreements that were reached in the dialogue table between the departmental government and the indigenous communities of the Honduras Councils; from Morales and Cerro Tijeras; from Suárez, Cauca, those who keep the road blocked Panamericana in the sector of The Tunnel, in Cajibíomaintaining that they are more than 38 years of non-compliance by the Government on issues of roads, education, health, agriculture, environment and security in indigenous territories.
It is worth mentioning that, the Governor of Cauca, Octavio Guzmán, ended the dialogue table with the communities of Cerro Tijeras of Suárez and Honduras of Moraleswithin the framework of compliance with the ruling T462A of 2014 and within some concluded aspects of departmental competence, the following points are found:
–Maintenance of 35 educational locations20 in Morales and 15 in Suárez, through agreements with Educational Institutions and support from the department within the framework of technical assistance to execute and deliver the investments in December 2024. According to Ruling T462A of 2014.
–Run the consultancy which will allow the existing infrastructure of the 35 educational centers to be complemented with new spaces and school environments.
“The community, making use of the legitimate right to protest, was in the Government on Tuesday, but we could not move forward because the officials stood up and in that sense, the community autonomously made the decision to come here on the Pan-American Highway. with the aim that the Ministry of the Interior is present on behalf of the national government,” Indian Nelson Enrique Parrarepresentative of the indigenous reservation Cerro Tijeras, Suárez, Cauca.
Thus, at this time, intermittent passage of the road has been recorded Panamericana by these communities who are waiting for the arrival of the Ministry of the Interior, Education and Healthto review the other aspects framed by the sentence.
For his part, the mayor of Morales, Oscar Guachetá, who was going to fulfill his agenda in the city of Popayán, and found the road completely blocked, indicated that according to budget availability the Mayor’s Office has been fulfilling its obligations with respect to these communities.
According to indigenous authorities, the government has not responded to strengthen the dialogue that provides guarantees to the communities and avoids taking these de facto actions that affect commerce, the economy and passers-by who have been forced to shoulder their load and walk through the blockade, to transfer to the other side of the road and thus achieving their destinations.
Meanwhile, the long lines of vehicles stuck on the road extend more as the hours go by, despite the intermittent passage, however, the indigenous authorities have allowed the passage of ambulances, as well as people traveling in vehicles. private individuals for medical purposes, motorcycles and hearses.
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