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San Ignacio residents say authorities still have not answered calls to repair roads

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Residents of the Monseñor Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña settlement in San Ignacio say authorities have not begun promised repairs to 30 kilometers of roads, including a critical seven-kilometer stretch.
  • About 50 families live in the settlement, where roughly 70 students attend the local school and secondary school.
  • Community leader María Nemesia Ramírez says rain makes the roads too dangerous for school transport, causing students to miss classes.

Residents of the Monseñor Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña settlement in San Ignacio, Misiones, say a promised road intervention has still not taken place. They had demonstrated weeks earlier to demand urgent repairs, but the roads remain in poor condition.

The community says it needs repairs across 30 kilometers of roads, with the most critical section covering about seven kilometers. Residents were told that machinery would arrive after their protest, but María Nemesia Ramírez, a community leader, says nothing has happened.

We have been fighting for an all-weather road for 26 years. Last week we demonstrated and they promised that the machines would come to carry out the work, but to this day absolutely nothing has been done.

· María Nemesia RamírezThe community leader describes the long-running demand and the unfulfilled promise after the protest.

“ We have been fighting for an all-weather road for 26 years. Last week we demonstrated and they promised that the machines would come to carry out the work, but to this day absolutely nothing has been done,” Ramírez said.

We have school transport, but when it rains it can no longer travel because the road is too dangerous for the students. The vehicle could overturn or become stuck along the way, and a tragedy could occur.

· María Nemesia RamírezRamírez explains why transport stops during rain.

Around 50 families live in the settlement. Its school and secondary school, both named after Monseñor Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña, serve about 70 students each day. Ramírez said the community suspends school transport when it rains because vehicles could overturn or become stuck on the dangerous route. As a result, students lose many days of classes.

Ramírez said she has repeatedly contacted municipal and departmental authorities without obtaining a lasting solution. She accused officials of lacking political interest in serving residents. The head of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications' District 8, Casto González, did not respond to requests for comment.

In this case there is no political interest in benefiting the population, only political interest in filling their pockets with money and going home.

· María Nemesia RamírezThe community leader criticizes local and departmental authorities.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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