{"id":4955,"date":"2026-08-28T01:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T01:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/?p=4955"},"modified":"2026-08-28T01:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T01:54:32","slug":"cerro-blanco-un-grito-unanime-por-la-defensa-del-agua-y-la-vida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/cerro-blanco-un-grito-unanime-por-la-defensa-del-agua-y-la-vida\/","title":{"rendered":"Cerro Blanco: un grito un\u00e1nime por la defensa del agua y la vida"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4955\" class=\"elementor elementor-4955\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cf277a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5cf277a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-530bf5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"530bf5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cerro Blanco: un grito un\u00e1nime por la defensa del agua y la vida<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5e42da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a5e42da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea248ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea248ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-200x300.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-scaled.jpg 1709w\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4957 lazyload\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4957\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC_0133-scaled.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa9fdc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4aa9fdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a1f5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17a1f5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>En las tierras donde la riqueza natural se mezcla con la lucha por la supervivencia, surge la historia de Octavio Gasparico, de Asociaci\u00f3n Mita, y parte del grupo Convergencia Democr\u00e1tica. Su voz resuena en la batalla contra el proyecto minero Cerro Blanco en Jutiapa, Guatemala, una lucha que va m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de las fronteras nacionales.<\/p><p>Cerro Blanco, una mina de oro y plata propiedad de la empresa canadiense Bluestone Resources, se alza en Asunci\u00f3n Mita, Jutiapa, Guatemala, cerca de la frontera con El Salvador. Sin embargo, su sombra se proyecta sobre una zona ambientalmente sensible que abarca no solo Guatemala, sino tambi\u00e9n Honduras y El Salvador. La propuesta de Bluestone para una mina a cielo abierto en este lugar despierta preocupaciones y oposici\u00f3n, especialmente debido a su impacto directo en el r\u00edo Lempa, crucial para el suministro de agua en El Salvador.<\/p><p>Octavio describe las inquietudes que rodean al proyecto. Desde 2010, Bluestone ha extra\u00eddo aguas termales del Cerro Blanco, descarg\u00e1ndolas en r\u00edos y lagos cercanos. Este acto no solo ha resultado en deforestaci\u00f3n, sino que tambi\u00e9n ha suscitado preocupaciones sobre la salud de las personas en las comunidades circundantes.<\/p><p>Las Promesas irreales de la miner\u00eda<\/p><p>La entrada de proyectos mineros en comunidades a menudo est\u00e1 envuelta en promesas de oportunidades de trabajo y mejoras en infraestructuras, como escuelas. Octavio se\u00f1ala que, lamentablemente, estas promesas no incluyen una explicaci\u00f3n detallada de los costos y las consecuencias para la salud. Problemas cut\u00e1neos derivados del ars\u00e9nico y, a largo plazo, el surgimiento de drenajes \u00e1cidos que afectan a la vida acu\u00e1tica son solo algunas de las consecuencias documentadas.<\/p><p>La resistencia contra Cerro Blanco no es nueva. Octavio comparte que, tras conocer el estudio de impacto ambiental a trav\u00e9s del Colectivo Madre Selva, la comunidad se organiz\u00f3 con apoyo de la iglesia cat\u00f3lica. A pesar de las oposiciones presentadas, el estudio fue aprobado de manera fraudulenta. Sin embargo, el proyecto, que inicialmente fue autorizado en 2007, experiment\u00f3 dificultades y se declar\u00f3 en mantenimiento en 2012 para evitar la cancelaci\u00f3n por caducidad.<\/p><p>La consulta popular: un grito unificado<\/p><p>En un esfuerzo por concienciar a la poblaci\u00f3n, la iglesia cat\u00f3lica desempe\u00f1\u00f3 un papel crucial al informar a las comunidades sobre las consecuencias del proyecto. Una consulta popular revel\u00f3 que el 98% de la poblaci\u00f3n, equivalentes a 7461 votos, se opon\u00eda a la mina, mientras que solo 904 votaron a favor, principalmente trabajadores y sus familiares.<\/p><p>Riesgos para la salud<\/p><p>Los riesgos para la salud no se limitan a las preocupaciones ambientales. Octavio menciona que un an\u00e1lisis realizado hace ocho a\u00f1os a extrabajadores de la mina revel\u00f3 niveles elevados de ars\u00e9nico en sus cuerpos, desacreditando las afirmaciones de la minera sobre el desarrollo para las comunidades.<\/p><p>La lucha contra Cerro Blanco no solo es una defensa del agua y la vida, sino tambi\u00e9n una batalla por la verdad y la participaci\u00f3n ciudadana. Octavio y su comunidad contin\u00faan resistiendo, buscando preservar un tesoro que va m\u00e1s all\u00e1 del oro y la plata: la esencia misma de su tierra y sus vidas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5851d95 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5851d95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3e34c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f3e34c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cdcd50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7cdcd50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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Su voz resuena en la batalla contra el proyecto minero Cerro Blanco [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_canvas","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historias","category-procladegua"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4955"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4961,"href":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955\/revisions\/4961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jotayguatemala.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}