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Santiago: activist protests against Alto Maipo project

Marcela Mella Ortiz, spokeswoman of the action group Coordinadora Ríos del Maipo. Around 200 activists protest in Santiago de Chile against the Alto Maipo hydroelectric power project. AES Gener, a Chilean subsidiary of US-based AES Corporation, pretends to install two run-of-the-river hydroelectric plants with a total of 531MW in the Maipo river basin, 50 km southeast of Santiago. To finance the project AES Gener is seeking funds from several banks to fund 60-70 per cent of the project costs including the International Finance Corporation (IFC). According to the activists, the Alto Maipo project endangers Santiago's water supply. Photo: David Von Blohn/NurPhoto

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Date Taken	24 October 2013
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Photographer	David von Blohn/NurPhoto
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