SIR -- Just like the "partisan and excitable Romanian media", your
article about a controversial gold mine in the country takes a
disturbingly one-sided view ("No gold please, we're Romanian", April
8th).
You say the people opposing the mine are "a mixed bunch, including
anti-globalisation and Green idealists". However, you fail to mention
that the majority of Romania's historians, intellectuals and
environmental experts are also against the project.
People living in nearby villages with unemployment rates of 50% may
well show strong support. But as endless cases in sub-Saharan Africa
show, people in poverty tend to favour short-term relief instead of
long-term, sustainable solutions.
Andrei Roth
Berkeley, California
http://lettersrosiam.notlong.com
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