Tortel Caleta is located in the southern part of Region XI General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, it takes about 9 hours journey by bus from Coyhaique to the town which is famous for having many bridges of cypress instead of sidewalks or streets
Noel Vidal, villager from Cove and Member of "Chonko, an organization that refuses to mega-dams fill Chilean Patagonia, is concerned about the possibility of the construction of 3 dams on the mighty Rio Baker, Tortel is at the mouth of the river
addition, the community has about 500 people and according to what he says Hidroaysén, it will be installed near the camps of those who built the dams, and we're talking about 2,500 to 3,000 people. Does anyone believe that there will be no social impact on the tranquility of this southern fishing village?
a couple of years ago the mayor of the commune, Bernardo Lopez (PPD), did a survey where 80% rejected the construction of dams. From then until now been a long time and thus has been a strong communicational Hidroaysén advanced to promise wealth and distribute gifts to the community, this has had an impact on the population and now the situation is half fought on the percentages that support or reject.
Caleta Tortel is a gift where it joins the human need for creativity and the Patagonian nature. Islands, canals, estuaries, glaciers, the famous Gulf of Penas, the ice fields south and north, are just some of the great places that allows fishers and tourism activities take hold over time and is still strengthened.
Today there is concern about the implications of the Hydroelectric who want to place along the Rio Baker, investors say that everything will progress, the examples Tortelinos see the other sides are opposites, but they say Alto Bío Bío and Santa Barbara, and enterprises affected by Endesa and therefore, impoverished territories.
Squella René Soto
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