Members of the Mapuche Painemil community They claim assistance for a family whose home does not have gasFor this reason, since yesterday, Tuesday, June 25, they have been carrying out a strike that consists of blocking the exit from the YPF deposit.
Contained and assisted by the companies, some people were detained for more than 12 hours and last night the passage was partially released for some people who work in private firms., contractors and services, but not for YPF and Petrogas operators. The claim for gas continued.
Forceful measures of this type are frequent in the community that lives with the oil companies. In February of this year, they carried out another total blockade of the entrance to the Loma La Lata field, in Vaca Muerta, denouncing “discrimination” and “mistreatment” towards three women from the community who worked as master workers in one of the hydrocarbon firms.
The field is located in the central area of the Loma La Lata Field, near the town of Añelo, and approximately 100 km away. from Neuquén capital, between the Neuquén River and the Cerros Colorados reservoir.
Loma la Lata is part of the hydrocarbon history of the province. Fed the various consumptions of gas of the country, and also to some neighboring countries. With its exploitation, new technologies were developed, which has allowed the acquisition of greater knowledge in hydrocarbons at the country level.
