Congress strikes new blow in favor of illegal mining in the face of a government with no response
Last week, Congress removed Energy and Mines Minister Rómulo Mucho from office with 80 votes in favor, 4 against, and 10 abstentions. Of the 13 parliamentary groups in Congress, 11 supported the motion. His censure comes at a critical time for the interests of informal and illegal miners, in a week in which the Government had presented a new Law on Small-scale and Artisanal Mining (MAPE), and less than a month before the deadline for informal miners registered in the Comprehensive Registry of Mining Formalization (Reinfo) to comply with the formalization requirements.
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Martín Coronado
Senior analyst