http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Valparaiso Thu, 23 May 2013 09:44:47 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Valparaiso Tue, 14 May 2013 11:35:26 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=186_1368544448 Chileanpatriot Navy helos, filmed from the building I work http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=186_1368544448 Chileanpatriot Navy Dauphin Heli exercise in <span class="highlight">Valparaiso</span>. Navy Dauphin Heli exercise in Valparaiso.chilean navy Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:56:24 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b85_1367067211 Watan-Parast COPS in Chile have arrested four people accused of burning a three-day-old baby girl alive - because they thought she was the ANTI-CHRIST. The baby was burnt to death in a ritual bonfire by members of a sick cult who believed the end of the world was imminent. Her mother, 25-year-old Natalia Guerra, had allegedly approved the sacrifice and was among those arrested. A Chilean police spokesman said: "The baby was naked. They strapped tape around her mouth to keep her from screaming. Then they placed her on a board. "After calling on the spirits they threw her on the bonfire alive," he added. The baby was taken to a hill in the town of Colliguay, near, Valparaiso, on November 21 by the insane cult, led by 36-year-old Ramon Gustavo Castillo Gaete. The group, which is believed to have 12 members, was formed in 2005 and includes a number of highly-educated followers.Police said ringleader Castillo Gaete who is still on the run was last seen travelling to neighbouring Peru to buy ayahuasca - a mind-bending hallucinogenic plant he used to control members. The spokesman added: "Everyone in this sect was a professional. "We have someone who was a veterinarian and who worked as a flight attendant, we have a film-maker, a draftsman. Everyone has a university degree." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b85_1367067211 Watan-Parast Anti-Christ' baby burned ALIVE by sick South American cult Anti-Christ' baby burned ALIVE by sick South American cult Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:55:46 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a2_1362083630 dcmfox Marcelo Gutierrez wins Valparaiso Cerro Abajo 2013By Amah-Rose Abrams on 25 February 2013 in Mountain Bike Downhill Marcelo Gutierrez won this year's Red Bull Valparaiso Cerro Abajo which took place this weekend in Chile. The race, one of the most popular downhill events of the season, went off without a hitch with Filip Polc coming in second for the second year running, Antonio Leila coming in third, Cedric Gracia coming in second and Mauricio "taka" Acuna coming in fifth. No one could beat Marcelo Gutierrez though, who stormed the course to come in at number one. Check out the video above to see Gracia's practice run which shows just why this is such a popular race with the riders as he whoops and cheers all the way down as he rips through the streets at breakneck speed. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a2_1362083630 dcmfox Bad-Ass Downhill Race Marcelo Gutierrez, wins, Valparaiso Cerro Abajo, 2013 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:13:03 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a77_1362453014 aranger45 We've seen the Colombian downhill mountain biker Marcelo Gutierrez's terrifying headcam footage of his ride down 1,000 steep, stone steps. Now there's a new video of his recent race - again from a helmet camera point-of-view - in an urban Chilean town. It's just as intense. The Contour Camera video description of Gutierrez's footage calls him "the most unique downhill mountain bike racers you will ever see." In his own description of video he uploaded, Gutierrez describes the Valparaiso Urban Downhill competition as "the most crowded urban downhill race ever, insane track, sweet stair gaps, huge jumps, high speed sections, tight sections." (Image: YouTube screenshot) (Image: YouTube screenshot) (Image: YouTube screenshot) The seemingly fearless biker also wrote that he struggled with the thought of some of the stunts during practice. " looking at all those huge jumps; jumps without safety decks were making me have a hard time specially knowing that the WC season is coming soon," Gutierrez wrote. (Image: YouTube screenshot) (Image: YouTube screenshot) Gutierrez won the race but called it close. Watch the footage: - Related: Ride Along: This Is What It's Like to Bike Down 1,000 Stone Steps Skateboarder Hit by Deer in 'Downhill Bloodspill' Going 40 Miles Per Hour This Is Ice Cross Downhill: The Extreme Sport Combining Skiing and Roller Derby http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a77_1362453014 aranger45 See What It's Like to Ride in an Extreme Downhill Bike Race in This Helmet Cam Footage See, What, It's, Like, to, Ride, in, an, Extreme, Downhill, Bike, Race, in, This, Helmet, Cam, Footage Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:47:15 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=60c_1357141085 kuzak20 I know I know, the music............. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=60c_1357141085 kuzak20 Fireworks Timelapse for New Years Eve at <span class="highlight">Valparaiso</span>, Chile Valparaiso, chile, timelapse, nye Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:53:11 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=44c_1227826391 WesKimbell More than 550 dogs and 100 cats have been housed for the past three years on a small residential property on Merced Hill in the Chilean coastal city of Valpara'iso. Neighbors have complained incessantly about the putrid smells and unsanitary conditions that impact the surrounding residential area. Marina Gonz'alez Becker, an English professor at a local university, and Estratia Gambrulis, an attorney, are the owners of the residential animal shelter. Both are strongly opposed to euthanizing the animals unless it is absolutely justified. "We believe education and sterilization of the animals is the proper way of dealing with the situation," Gonz'alez said. Valpara'iso, the principal port city in Chile, is infamous for the number of stray dogs living on its streets. Gonz'alez and Gambrulis accept almost any animal that comes off the street, and city dwellers often tie dogs to posts outside the womens' property, knowing the dogs will be welcomed to a new home inside the residence. Gonz'alez said she once found eight dogs died up outside the shelter, awaiting adoption. Gonz'alez and Gambrulis also are the principal financiers of this residential animal shelter, which they named La Protectora de Animales (The Protector of Animals). The two have spent thousands of dollars and months of work to give the animals a home. Still, the conditions are horrid due to a lack of finances to move the shelter to another, larger location. Gonz'alez said it takes CP$6 million (US$12,000) each month to "maintain property in good conditions," with three paid employees who care for the animals around the clock and provide sufficient food. The unhappy neighbors surrounding the property - and Gonz'alez herself - have urged the city to come up with a better solution. "For more than three years we have pleaded with municipal authorities and the health department to deal with the problem," neighbors told The Valpara'iso Times. "Local health authorities could go to jail for not complying with a Supreme Court resolution that ordered the elimination of the shelter," they said. "In a real democracy, the first mission of the authorities is to resolve citizens' problems and not waste time doing it." Six years ago the city offered to build a new shelter facility, but it has taken more than five years to start the construction. The new facility is now completed, but the city has not provided sufficient operational funds to keep it running. Local construction company Puerto Principal built the new shelter, with Juan Pablo Almazorsa in charge of the project. An on-site construction manager, who wished to remain anonymous, estimated the shelter will cost thousands of U.S. dollars per day to run. "It's great the dogs have a new home to move into, but it will take millions of pesos (thousands of U.S. dollars) per day just to feed and water the facility filled at capacity with animals," he said. "It's new, modern and big, but it will be extremely expensive to maintain, and I'm afraid there is not enough funding for this facility." The facility - once opened - will be the largest public animal shelter in South America, legally housing 700 animals. Still, this may not be sufficient to keep up with the ever increasing numbers of stray dogs needing shelter. The owners hope to move the animals into the new facility in Laguna Verde, south of Valparaiso, by December. By Wes Kimbell, http://www.WesKimbell.com) Photos by Gardner Hamilton (www.GardnerHamilton.com) http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=44c_1227826391 WesKimbell Over 550 Dogs and 100 Cats in One House dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, obama, cnn, rescue, shelter, valparaiso, vina del mar, chile Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:30:47 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4f8_1349969264 marc1921 Ben Baltz wasn't excited about competing in yet another triathlon last weekend. It was his third in the last few months. While he likes bicycling, running isn't his favorite activity, especially if he can't win doing it. The 11-year-old had completed the 150-yard swim and three-mile bike ride in Sunday's Sea Turtle Tri on Pensacola Beach, but about a half-mile into the run, he knew something was wrong. "It (the leg) wobbles," Ben said Wednesday at his home in Valparaiso. Moments later, the screws on his prosthetic leg came loose and he went down. What happened next, though, has captured the attention of the nation. In the moments Ben was debating whether he could hop or maybe crawl the rest of the mile, a man named Matthew Morgan, a Marine who had volunteered to help at the youth event, stepped in. "(Morgan said) 'You need help?' and I said, 'Sure,' and he picked me up and carried me," Ben said. For the next half mile, Ben held onto Pfc. Morgan with one arm and his prosthetic leg with the other. Ben said he and Morgan didn't really speak after their first exchange, but more Marines gathered around and sang a cadence. As they reached the end and the crowd started roaring, Ben said he felt grateful for the help, but a little frustrated and embarrassed that he couldn't complete the course on his own. Freedom of movement is one thing Ben has gotten used to since he was fitted with a prosthetic leg in the summer of 2009. His lower right leg was removed the year before when he was 6 because of a type of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. Until Sunday, his most spectacular leg malfunction came during a soccer game that he finished by taping it together with duct tape. As news of his latest malfunction spreads, first on CNN's website and then elsewhere, Ben remains mystified about why everyone is so interested in talking to him, especially since he didn't finish the race on his own. "He has no idea what the big deal is," his mother Kim Baltz said with a laugh. "He honestly does not. He thinks it's the Marines." According to John Murray, one of the co-founders of Team MPI, which organized the Sea Turtle Tri and helps athletes train for triathlons, no one even knew what had happened to Ben until an announcer spotted him and told the crowd. "It was kind of a build-up in a way as more and more people became aware," said Murray, who was standing at the finish line with his wife. "There wasn't a dry eye in the place. ... I was just overcome by emotion." Ben's father, JC, seems to be having the easiest time processing Ben's skyrocket to fame. He says a shared moment just before the race seemed to almost foreshadow his son and the Marine inspiring a nation with their actions. JC and Ben were on the beach tossing a football when JC pulled out the bag of Dove dark chocolate candies he always carries and offered his son a piece. Never one to turn down candy, the STEMM Middle School sixth-grader accepted the chocolate and found an inspirational message inside the wrapper his father had never seen before, despite constantly having it on hand. It read, "You're exactly where you need to be." http://www.newsherald.com/news/health/triathlon-triumph-1.27120?tc=cr http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4f8_1349969264 marc1921 Triathlon triumph Marines Triathlon Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:04:34 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3e7_1349934997 Fire37Rescue The boy was 11-year-old Ben Baltz of Valparaiso, Florida. When he was six, Ben was diagnosed with bone cancer in his right leg, his fibula and tibia had to be removed. Ben walks with a mechanical knee and prosthetic walking leg, which he switches out for a running leg to play sports. On Sunday, Ben competed in the Sea Turtle Kids Triathlon. Ben had completed the 150-yard swim and 4-mile bike ride and half the one-mile run when a screw came loose and his running leg broke in half. As he lay on the ground Private First Class Matthew Morgan swept the boy up. Surrounded by his fellow Marines, Matthew brought Ben through the rest of the course. Eye witnesses said there was not a dry eye in the crowd. Said his commanding officer, "(Matthew's) not a very big guy ... he picked that young boy up quick, threw him on his back and ran the rest of the course ... We're pumped. It's great to see what Marines do. They don't leave anybody behind." Read more at http://thechive.com/2012/10/10/young-boy-loses-prosthetic-limb-during-triathlon-marines-carry-him-to-finish-5-hq-photos/#KyX2Mj3ciHhmCaKG.99 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3e7_1349934997 Fire37Rescue Young boy loses prosthetic limb during triathlon, Marines carry him to finish USMC,US Marines,Semper Fi,Never Leave a man Behind,Young Boy, loses prosthetic limb Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:31:33 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=71d_1346347593 RunItRagged Neil Lebowski sending it down range @ Inman's Bowling Alley, Valparaiso, IN. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=71d_1346347593 RunItRagged Bowling Bossage Hip Thrust, bossage, Neil Lebowski, Kubath Mon, 23 May 2011 19:33:31 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6d0_1306193396 HydrogenEconomy http://www.thatswhyyouremyex.com/breakups/sex-home-divorce-final-massachusetts-legislator/ No Sex In Home Until Divorce Is Final Says Massachusetts Legislator By TheChief May 19, 2011 DivorceBoston Herald: Custodial parents caught up in contentious divorces would need a judge's nod to date or carry on a sexual relationship inside their own home under a bill Beacon Hill pols will take up this week. Wrentham Selectman Robert Leclair said his bill is meant to prevent domestic violence and shield children while the divorce is under way. "It's not intended to abridge the rights of anybody," he said. "If they want to have an extra-marital affair, just get away from the home." The bill, which lawmakers will hear Wednesday, would bar custodial parents from "conducting a dating or sexual relationship within the home" until the divorce is settled. Read the rest of the story at Bostonherald.com... Wait what??? So during a divorce, the state wants to make it illegal and to have to get the courts approval before they start dating or having sex with someone else while still in the home??? It could be "detrimental to the children" if that were to happen. Hmmm in that case, why not make cheating illegal? Based on that logic, you should have to get the courts permission to have an affair. Or how about having to get the courts permission to have a big fight when living together?? Why not just legislate exactly how to raise children.. WTF. Idiot government officials. Think they have all the answers. When it comes to being hypocrits they DO have all the answers. - http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/no-right-to-resist-unlawful-police-entry/ No Right to Resist Unlawful Police Entry: Indiana Supremes James Joyner . Saturday, May 14, 2011 . 98 Comments For as long as the notion of individual rights has existed, one of them has been the notion that one's home is sacrosanct. As of Thursday, that's no longer true in Indiana. AP ("Court: No right to resist unlawful police entry"): People have no right to resist if police officers illegally enter their home, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a decision that overturns centuries of common law. The court issued its 3-2 ruling on Thursday, contending that allowing residents to resist officers who enter their homes without any right would increase the risk of violent confrontation. If police enter a home illegally, the courts are the proper place to protest it, Justice Steven David said. "We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence," David said. "We also find that allowing resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and therefore the risk of injuries to all parties involved without preventing the arrest." Justices Robert Rucker and Brent Dickson strongly dissented, saying the ruling runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment against unreasonable search and seizure, The Times of Munster reported. "In my view the majority sweeps with far too broad a brush by essentially telling Indiana citizens that government agents may now enter their homes illegally - that is, without the necessity of a warrant, consent or exigent circumstances," Rucker said. Both dissenting justices suggested they would have supported the ruling if the court had limited its scope to stripping the right to resist officers who enter homes illegally in cases where they suspect domestic violence is being committed. But Dickson said, "The wholesale abrogation of the historic right of a person to reasonably resist unlawful police entry into his dwelling is unwarranted and unnecessarily broad." The court's decision stemmed from a Vanderburgh County case in which a man yelled at police and blocked them from entering his apartment to investigate a domestic disturbance. The man shoved a police officer who entered anyway and was shocked with a stun gun and arrested. Valparaiso University School of Law professor Ivan Bodensteiner told The Times that the court's decision is consistent with the idea of preventing violence. "It's not surprising that they would say there's no right to beat the hell out of the officer," Bodensteiner said. "(The court is saying) we would rather opt on the side of saying if the police act wrongfully in entering your house your remedy is under law, to bring a civil action against the officer." Thursday's decision was the court's second ruling this week involving police entry into a home. On Tuesday, the court said police serving a warrant may enter a home without knocking if officers decide circumstances justify it. Previously, police serving a warrant had to obtain a judge's permission to enter without knocking. The cited Muenster Times article ("Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home") is more colorful, beginning with this lede: Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. Across the blogosphere, there's widespread outrage over the ruling. On the right, NRO's Michael Walsh terms it a "chilling decision on the gradual erosion of the Fourth Amendment - for your own good, of course" and Vox Day proclaims "this disrespect for both the law and historical precedent is truly astonishing" and concludes, "America is demonstrably less free than medieval England. I tend to doubt that this was what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they revolted against the King's rule." Libertarian Bruce McQuain believes this "would be a laughable finding if it wasn't so serious" and Agitator guest Dave Krueger snarks, "Yeah, if there's anything we can't have, it's the escalation of violence by people who mistakenly think they still have rights under the new modern interpretation of the Fourth Amendment." On the left, Alan Colmes doesn't really express an opinion at all, other than to say "This is the second time this week the court decided against the right of citizens in a home." And Melissa McEwan-well, let's just say she's displeased with the state of her "beautiful home state." This ruling is binding only in Indiana but may be sufficiently precedent setting to merit review from the U.S. Supreme Court. I wouldn't be at all surprised, however, to see it upheld and become national policy despite the universal outrage in the blogosphere. The fact of the matter is that the 4th Amendment has long been eroding, to the point where it's almost as much a dead letter as the 5th, 9th, and 10th Amendments. The courts are effectively a sitting constitutional convention and they've decided over the decades that our fundamental rights are an inconvenient barrier to government action. UPDATE: Walter Olson points to a long, thoughtful reaction by Scott Greenfield. An excerpt: The case involved a domestic dispute, where the defendant was confronted by police outside his home. There was no basis to arrest him, any more than there is a basis to arrest a man any time he and his wife have an argument, and so the defendant went inside. He refused the police entry, and when they forced their way in, pushed an officer up against a wall. For that, he was charged with misdemeanor battery. In defense to the charge, the defendant relied on his right to resist an illegal entry into his home, whether by police or anyone else. But the the entry was by police, officers of the state, made it of particular significance. This was the core evil against which the Fourth Amendment protects. Note the use of the past tense. But this has now been declared archaic, a relic of a past age, of which modern man, and courts, no longer have need. The court says we have other, better, options than to resist: the exclusionary rule, internal police department review and disciplinary procedures and civil remedies. Perhaps this is a penumbra of the "new professionalism" we've heard so much about, and have yet to enjoy for ourselves. The gist of the court's ruling, however, is that they're doing this for us, for the children, to safeguard us from violence. Resisting the police escalates violence, and enhances the likelihood that someone will be hurt. They just don't want us to get hurt, and if the front door to our homes is the cost of our safety, then so be it. As the court tangentially notes, it's not like law prohibiting police entry actually stops the police from doing as they please, so better to eliminate the law than mandate police adherence. There is no line more fundamental than that running across our threshold. Courts have been trying to erase if for a long time, bit by bit. The Indiana Supreme Court seizes upon these "exceptions" to conclude that the fundamental rule has been eroding for so long as to make this final step, the erasure of the rule altogether, merely the obvious last slide down the slope. In addition to the expansion of police power and the erosion of the 4th Amendment, which has been ongoing for decades, it occurs to me that the right of resistance has been going away more generally. In most states, it's unlawful to use deadly force against a criminal intruder into one's home absent extraordinary circumstances. Indeed, punching someone who is threatening-much less insulting-you is no longer tolerated. We're expected to endure most everything and seek remedy after the fact in court. UPDATE 2: See some interesting discussion in the comments below. To clarify my position on what the law should be here: Police officers entering one's home without a warrant should be regarded exactly as any other intruder under similar circumstances. So, in the circumstances that led to this case, the homeowner was justified in treating the officer precisely as he would a pushy salesman attempting to enter his home after being denied permission. That means mild physical force, certainly to include pushing, but obviously not lethal force. Regardless of law, however, there is such a thing as prudence. An assailant, whether he's a police officer or a stranger, brandishing a weapon should obviously be treated differently than someone presumed not to be armed. And, as a practical matter, police officers have a long history of issuing trumped up charges, lying about what happened, and getting other officers to lie in corroboration. Resisting the police, regardless of whether one is fully in the right, is not likely to end well. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6d0_1306193396 HydrogenEconomy No Sex In Home Until Divorce Is Final Says Massachusetts Legislator divorce,no,sex,until,final,indiana,massachusetts,refuse,unlawful,police,entry,right Mon, 23 May 2011 07:24:53 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c69_1306149810 nurdmyth On Monday, May 9, the Environmental Evaluation Commission, meeting in Coyhaique , a city in the Chilean Patagonia, and composed of 12 appointed officials in President Sebastian Pinera's government, approved the hydroelectric plant Hidroaysen , a merger between Spanish-Italian Endesa and the Chilean Colbun . The project includes the construction and operation of 5 dams, two in Baker River and three in Pascua River located in the Ais'en region in the remote south of Patagonia, Chile and it has an estimated value of 3.2 billion worth of investments. Where the Baker and Nef rivers meet. Image by Flickr user jpgarnham (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Where the Baker and Nef rivers meet. Image by Flickr user jpgarnham (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). This video tells us a little about what the project is about: Video: Hidroaysen is a hydroelectric project that will build and operate five dams in the Chilean Patagonia, two in the Baker River and three in de Pascua River, flooding 5910 hectares equivalent to the surface of the Manhattan Island in New York. To provide energy to Santiago and new mining projects in the north of the country, Hidroaysen is looking to install 3800 towers, each 60 mts. tall, along 2000 kms. becoming the most lengthy electric wiring in the world. It would join the interconnected central system at the Lo Prado Bridge, thus going through half of one of the longest countries in the world. The project was approved by 11 votes in favour and one against in the midst of a tense atmosphere marked by a protest of about 1,000 people outside the Coyhaique City Hall, where the voting took place. Pese a las 11 mil observaciones ciudadanas presentadas, las denuncias de que informes de los organismos t'ecnicos que revisaron el proyecto fueron cambiados y la inhabilidad de cuatro ministerios, el apoyo expl'icito del gobierno de Sebasti'an Pi~nera y de los medios masivos, fue aprobado en medio de un fuerte contingente policial el proyecto de Hidroays'en. Despite the 11 000 citizen manifestations, the complaints that various reports from technical organisations that revised the project were changed and the incompetence of four ministries, the public support from Pi~nera's government and mass media, the Hydroaysen project was approved in the midst of a strong, police contingent. According to the observations of the online chilean news site El Ciudadano . To which the site radio.uchile.cl added: La iniciativa energ'etica estaba altamente cuestionada por una serie de irregularidades que se presentaron durante su tramitaci'on como cambios sorpresivos y sin fundamento de los servicios t'ecnicos. Sus detractores adem'as denunciaron un sistem'atico lobby de las empresas Endesa y Colb'un respaldado por el Gobierno para presionar por la aprobaci'on de este proyecto." The energy initiative was highly questionable because of a series of irregularities that presented themselves during the drafting of legal documents with surprising changes, with no approval from any technical organisations. Its detractors, over all, exposed the systematic lobbying of the Endesa and Colbun companies backed by the government to force the approval of this project. The "for" and "against" stances vary in reasoning. However, the majority of the population is against the construction. On Twitter, the Carbon footprint consultancy @carboambiente commented: Encuestas online indican que #NOaHidroaysen :@Emol 53%;@laterceracom 66%;@nacioncl 79%; @PublimetroChile 81% que m'as quieren!!! Online polls show that "No to Hydroaysen": @Emol 53%; @laterceracom 66%; @nacioncl 79%; Publimetro 81%... what more do they want? Tomas Mosciatti, journalist from Bio Bio Radio explains the reasons for rejecting the Hydroaysen project to CNN Chile: Video: Tomas Masciatti professes that in his personal opinion, besides it not being environmentally friendly to proceed with this project, there are also very important considerations that were not taken before going ahead with what he calls the biggest project ever undertaken in Chile. He outlines the fact that Chile has no energy policy, that things have not been put in place when taxation, the cable system or consumer's rights are concerned. He also stresses that Chile is not facing such a grave energy crisis to have to resort to making a decision so quickly as this one was made. He also mentions political implications, such as Chile producing a surplus of energy (and contamination) to be later sold to Argentina. Other problems he says are corruption within the authorities, imperialism and a monopoly created when Hydroaysen rules the energy sector with a whopping 80% production in the entire market. Masciatti says that the residents of Aysen will get no benefit whatsoever from this project since all the energy will be channeled to Santiago, plus they will pay the same rates as the people of Santiago, which isn't fair to them at all. There have been various publications that contain the disapproval of the project. Among them, there is an ecological group called Verdeseo that published "7 Reasons for a Patagonia without Dams " . Also, Pablo Astudillo of online community El Quinto Poder, wrote "7 Reflections before the eventual approval or rejection of the Hydroaysen " , which says, in a nutshell: Protest for a Patagonia Without Dams. Image by Flickr user International Rivers (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Protest for a Patagonia Without Dams. Image by Flickr user International Rivers (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) 1. La hidroelectricidad NO es energ'ia limpia. 2. Duplicar la energ'ia no ayuda a superar la pobreza. 3. Duplicar la energ'ia tampoco asegura el bienestar econ'omico. 4. Las energ'ias renovables no convencionales (ERNC) s'i son una opci'on. 5. Las represas no garantizan energ'ia m'as barata. 6. La legislaci'on ambiental es deficiente. 7. La ciudadan'ia no recibe informaci'on suficiente sobre los efectos negativos de los proyectos el'ectricos. 1. Hydro-electricity is not clean energy. 2. Doubling energy production will not help reduce poverty. 3. Nor will it secure economic security. 4. Non-conventional renewable energy is an option. 5. Dams don't guarantee cheap energy. 6. Environmental policy is lacking. 7. The public does not get enough information about the negative effects that these energy projects may have. As for the arguments in favour, the company's site mentions : 1. La energ'ia de Hidroays'en es limpia y renovable. 2. Evita la construcci'on de termoel'ectricas. 3. No impacta al turismo 4. Generar'a empleo y acciones positivas de responsabilidad social en la comunidad. 1. Hydroaysen energy is clean and renewable. 2. The construction of thermal power stations is avoided. 3. It doesn't impact tourism. 4. It will create employment and general social responsibility in the community. On the other hand, Sebastian Jordana of Platforma Urbana states in his analysis of pros and cons in a post titled,"Hydroaysen a necessary evil? " : Todos saben que da~nos va a hacer, entonces, ?para qu'e construir semejante proyecto? La demanda energ'etica incrementa todos los a~nos, y por ende, la oferta debe aumentar tambi'en. Se estima que de aqu'i a 10 a~nos m'as, Chile no podr'a cumplir con esta demanda, por lo que nuevas formas de producir energ'ia son necesarias. Los detractores de Hidroays'en hablan de otras formas de producir energ'ia, lo cierto es que la hidr'aulica es limpia y rendidora. Por ejemplo, para producir 360 MW de energ'ia se necesitan aproximadamente 25.000 hect'areas de energ'ia solar, 15.000 de energ'ia e'olica y solamente 3.600 de energ'ia hidr'aulica. Everyone knows the damage it's going to cause, so why do such a project? The demand for energy is growing yearly, therefore the supply has to increase as well. In an estimated 10 years, Chile will not be able to supply this demand and so new energy sources are necessary. The Hydroaysen detractors talk about alternative energy sources and that surely hydroelectric energy is clean and profitable. For example, to produce 360 Mega Watts of energy, you would need approximately 25 000 hectares of solar energy, 15 000 of wind energy, but only 3600 of hydroelectric energy. Activist, blogger and Global Voices author Felipe Cordero (@felipe_cordero) summarized the detractors' stance in a tweet: Nadie dice que #hidroaysen no usa energ'ia renovable. Lo renovable ahi es el agua, pero la inundaci'on y el cableado es el problema No one is saying that Hydroaysen doesn't use renewable energy. The renewable part is the water but the flooding and the cables are the problem. Social media reactions appeared quickly after the project was approved. The tweets made against the government and the project propelled at such a speed making the hashtag #nohydroaysen a trending topic for the entire day on May 9. Also, a call to protest onthe streets was made in all the country. An estimated 10,000 people reacted to this call, according to the online journal El Dinamo . Carolina Santander (@carolinasantan) lamented: Con mucha rabia, pena y verguenza, estos politicos (todos) son unos vendidos sin escrupulos. #NOAHIDROAYSEN With a lot of rage, sadness and shame, these politicians (all of them) are unscrupulously sold. #Notohydroaysen Travesia La Bermudez (@Kaxorras_Mal ) noted: Porque la gran mayor'ia de los chilenos queremos una #PATAGONIASINREPRESAS ! #NOAHIDROAYSEN //RT! Because the greater majority of Chileans want Patagonia without dams! #NOAHIDROAYSEN // RT! Actress Leanor Varela (@leonorvarela ) also wrote: Tengo est'omago tomado por estar tan lejos.Prefer'ia estar ah'i con uds como la ultima vez. Aguante los q salieron a las calles! #noahydroaysen I'm sick to my stomach from being so far away. I want to be there at this very moment. For those who take the streets, Be strong! #noahydroaysen However, these demonstrations were repressed by Chilean police throwing tear gas and water at protesters, and apprehending 63 people in Santiago alone, according to a report from newspaper El Mercurio in it's online version. According to radio Cooperativa, "The protest was a gathering of 7000 people in Plaza Italia but the Chilean gendarme dissolved the crowd with three water launchers and two gas launchers. The protests were repeated in cities like Coyhaique in front of the Environmental Evaluation Commission- Concepcion, Temuco, Valparaiso and Valdivia, where the police dispersed tear gas on a protest of about 500 people. " The Facebook page for El Quinto Poder gathered images and testimonies of the protesters throughout Chile. March against Hidroays'en in Santiago, Chile May 9, 2011. Image by Flickr user jorgeparedes (CC BY-NC 2.0) March against Hidroays'en in Santiago, Chile May 9, 2011. Image by Flickr user jorgeparedes (CC BY-NC 2.0) Andres Araos (@andresaraos) commented: 19:00 empieza protesta en plaza italia; 19:05 empiezan a llover bombas labrimogenas... represion pura en contra de la libre expresion The protest in Plaza Italia began at 7:00 pm and the tear gas began at 7:05 pm, pure repression of freedom of expression. Publicist Ivonne Cubillos (@ivocubillos) observed: la marcha de plaza italia no pudo ser marcha, lacrim'ogenas y el guanaco la detuvieron, que linda democracia!!! The march in Plaza Italia couldn't be a march, teargas and water launchers kept them back. What a lovely democracy! The force used by the police against protesters was denounced by politicians as well as by the media, and even the General of the gendarme was called upon to testify about the "abuse" (reported by El Mercurio online) On the other hand, blogger Tomas Bradanovic posted the following comment against the protests with the title "Patagonia with Dams" : Los seres humanos tenemos una tendencia irresistible a seguir las modas y ahora que hay m'as comunicaci'on es f'acil masificarlas. Hoy est'a de moda ser "ambientalista" lo que es una cat'astrofe para el medio ambiente que lo que menos necesita son militantes tontos y manipulables Human beings have an irresistible tendency to follow what's in fashion and now that we have better mediums of communication, it is much easier to spread them. It's now fashionable to be an "environmentalist" and the last thing the environment needs is a bunch of militant and manipulable fools. Daniel Fernandez, executive vice-president of Hydroaysen, also expressed his distaste for the protests in an interview with the online journal El Dinamo, dismissing the citizen resistance as a pitfall for the project just as with Barrancones saying "100 Twitter users isn't a whole community." As far as the dissident voices, the protests have only just begun. There have been many other calls to take the streets on the 13th and 23rd of May. The leader of the protestsPatagonia Sin Represas (Patagonia without Dams), has started an online petition and will take the battle to a legal level. In an interview with radio Bio-Bio , attorney Marcelo Castillo of Patagonia sin Represas announced with an animated regret that the new battle is starting, that about 20 such judicial, administrative as well as penal resources have all united against Hydroaysen. Additionally, the director of Greenpeace Chile , Matias Asun, criticised the historical responsibility of political representatives of the country in recent years in the same radio station, saying that they have not taken the issue of the environment seriously. Unlike the 90's, now social media and online communities have helped sensitise people about the repercussions of energy projects, just like with Barrancones in Punta de Chorros , canceled thanks to activism, and now Hydroaysen in the Aysen region. Information and open discussion have raised the voice of the people concerning their opinions on these developments, so that projects that were easily approved before now come under everyone's scrutiny. 1000 Chilean pesos bill with the phrase "Patagonia Without Dams". Image by Flickr user soy elOjo (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) 1000 Chilean pesos bill with the phrase "Patagonia Without Dams". Image by Flickr user soy elOjo (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Elizabeth Rivera collaborated in the translation of this post. Article printed from Global Voices: http://globalvoicesonline.org URL to article: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/05/16/chile-citizens-reject-the-hidroaysen-dam-project/ URLs in this post: Coyhaique: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coihaique Hidroaysen: http://www.hidroaysen.cl/site/inicio.html Endesa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endesa Colbun: http://www.securities.com/Public/company-profile/CL/Colbun_SA_en_1160290.html Baker River : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_River_%28Chile%29 Pascua River: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascua_River Ais'en region: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ais%C3%A9n_Region Image: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/09/egypt-stranded-palestinian-mother-tweets-ordeal-from-cairo-airport/picture-12-2-2/ El Ciudadano: http://www.elciudadano.cl/2011/05/09/aprobado-proyecto-hidroaysen-organizaciones-llaman-a-protestar/ radio.uchile.cl: http://radio.uchile.cl/noticias/113936/ carboambiente : http://twitter.com/#!/carboambiente/status/67740635259617280 #NOaHidroaysen: http://hootsuite.com/dashboard# 7 Reasons for a Patagonia without Dams: http://verdeseo.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/7-argumentos-para-una-patagonia-sin-represas.pdf 7 Reflections before the eventual approval or rejection of the Hydroaysen: http://www.elquintopoder.cl/fdd/web/medio-ambiente/opinion/-/blogs/siete-reflexiones-antes-de-la-eventual-aprobacion-o-rechazo-de-hidroaysen Image: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/08/thailand-thousands-join-anti-government-protest/67146-revision/ Hydroaysen a necessary evil?: http://www.plataformaurbana.cl/archive/2008/09/01/hidroaysen-%C2%BFun-mal-necesario/ felipe_cordero): http://twitter.com/#!/felipe_cordero/status/68177178570919937 #hidroaysen: http://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23hidroaysen #nohydroaysen: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23noahidroaysen El Dinamo: http://www.eldinamo.cl/noticia/unas-10000-personas-protestaron-en-todo-chile-tras-aprobacion-de-hidroaysen carolinasantan) : http://twitter.com/#%21/carolinasantan #NOAHIDROAYSEN: http://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23NOAHIDROAYSEN Kaxorras_Mal: http://twitter.com/#%21/Kaxorras_Mal #PATAGONIASINREPRESAS: http://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23PATAGONIASINREPRESAS leonorvarela: http://twitter.com/#%21/Leonorvarela #noahydroaysen: http://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23noahydroaysen El Mercurio: http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=480653 El Quinto Poder: http://www.facebook.com/elquintopoder#%21/elquintopoder?sk=wall Image: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/09/palestine-misconceptions-regarding-criticism-of-hamas/67314-revision-4/ andresaraos): http://twitter.com/#!/andresaraos/status/67791853193400320 ivocubillos): http://twitter.com/#!/ivocubillos/status/67757930560225280 the General of the gendarme was called upon to testify about the "abuse" : http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=480744 "Patagonia with Dams": http://bradanovic.blogspot.com/2011/05/patagonia-con-represas.html an interview: http://www.eldinamo.cl/noticia/si-yo-me-creyera-el-cuento-de-patagonia-sin-represas-tambien-me-opondria-hidroaysen Barrancones : http://www.bnamericas.com/project-profile/es/Central_Termica_Barrancones-Barrancones Patagonia Sin Represas: http://www.patagoniasinrepresas.cl/final/index.php radio : http://www.biobiochile.cl/2011/05/10/batalla-judicial-anticipan-detractores-de-hidroaysen.shtml Greenpeace Chile: http://www.greenpeace.org/chile/es/ Barrancones in Punta de Chorros: http://radio.uchile.cl/destacadas/81464/ Image: http://globalvoicesonline.org/?attachment_id=67196 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c69_1306149810 nurdmyth Chile: Citizens Reject the Hidroaysen Dam Project chili, damnit Sat, 14 May 2011 15:35:20 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=829_1305401447 grayokc NDIANAPOLIS | Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry. "We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence," David said. "We also find that allowing resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and therefore the risk of injuries to all parties involved without preventing the arrest." David said a person arrested following an unlawful entry by police still can be released on bail and has plenty of opportunities to protest the illegal entry through the court system. The court's decision stems from a Vanderburgh County case in which police were called to investigate a husband and wife arguing outside their apartment. When the couple went back inside their apartment, the husband told police they were not needed and blocked the doorway so they could not enter. When an officer entered anyway, the husband shoved the officer against a wall. A second officer then used a stun gun on the husband and arrested him. Professor Ivan Bodensteiner, of Valparaiso University School of Law, said the court's decision is consistent with the idea of preventing violence. "It's not surprising that they would say there's no right to beat the hell out of the officer," Bodensteiner said. "(The court is saying) we would rather opt on the side of saying if the police act wrongfully in entering your house your remedy is under law, to bring a civil action against the officer." Justice Robert Rucker, a Gary native, and Justice Brent Dickson, a Hobart native, dissented from the ruling, saying the court's decision runs afoul of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. "In my view the majority sweeps with far too broad a brush by essentially telling Indiana citizens that government agents may now enter their homes illegally -- that is, without the necessity of a warrant, consent or exigent circumstances," Rucker said. "I disagree." Rucker and Dickson suggested if the court had limited its permission for police entry to domestic violence situations they would have supported the ruling. But Dickson said, "The wholesale abrogation of the historic right of a person to reasonably resist unlawful police entry into his dwelling is unwarranted and unnecessarily broad." This is the second major Indiana Supreme Court ruling this week involving police entry into a home. On Tuesday, the court said police serving a warrant may enter a home without knocking if officers decide circumstances justify it. Prior to that ruling, police serving a warrant would have to obtain a judge's permission to enter without knocking. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=829_1305401447 grayokc Indiana Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home Indiana Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home