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27) Silvia Adela Chávez: She died on September 27, 2005 from
respiratory failure. She was given medical care and was recommended to
go to the Regional Health Headquarters since at that sanitary post the
necessary medication was not available. A month later she died. She was
two months old.168 Her mother is Teodora Chávez.
28) Esteban Jorge Alvarenga: He died on December 5, 2005 from dyspnea
and respiratory failure. He was given medical care at the Hospital Regional
de Concepción [Hospital Regional de Concepción]. He was not admitted
into hospital. His mother could not afford to buy the medication he had
been prescribred and he died some days later. He was one month old.169
His mother is Paulina Alvarenga.
29) Arnaldo Galarza: He died on December 10, 2005 from malnutrition,
general edema, and dyspnea. He was given medical care at the Hospital
Regional de Concepción [Hospital Regional de Concepción]. His mother
died after the childbirth. The child suffered from severe malnutrition. He
was two months and a half old.170 His biological mother is Manuela
Yegros; after his mother’s death he was looked after by Belén Galarza.
30) Fátima Galarza: She died on January 6, 2006 from malnutrition. She
was given medical care at the Hospital Regional de Concepción [Hospital
Regional de Concepción], where she died. Her mother died after the
childbirth. Like her brother (supra para.73(74)(29)), she suffered from
severe malnutrition, general edema, and symptoms of lack of oxygen. She
was three months old.171 Her biological mother is Manuela Yegros; after
her mother’s death she was looked after by Belén Galarza.
f)
Non-pecuniary damage caused to the members of the Sawhoyamaxa
Indigenous Community
73(75) The lack of guarantee of the right to their communal property and the serious
conditions in which the members of the Community still live have caused them
suffering172 and have been detrimental to the preservation of their way of living,
customs, and language.173
168
Cf. statement rendered by Mr. Pablo Balmaceda before a public official whose acts command full
faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 44.
169
Cf. statement rendered by Mr. Pablo Balmaceda before a public official whose acts command full
faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 44.
170
Cf. statement rendered by Mr. Pablo Balmaceda before a public official whose acts command full
faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 44.
171
Cf. statement rendered by Mr. Pablo Balmaceda before a public official whose acts command full
faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 44.
172
Cf. statement rendered by Ms. Elsa Ayala before a public official whose acts command full faith
and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 119; statement rendered by Ms. Mariana Ayala before a public
official whose acts command full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 120; statement
rendered by Ms. Gladys Benítez-Galarza before a public official whose acts command full faith and credit
on January 17, 2006, supra note 28; statement rendered by Mr. Pablo Balmaceda before a public official
whose acts command full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 44; statement rendered by Mr.
Carlos Marecos before a public official whose acts provide full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra
note 27; and statement giyen by Mr Leonardo González-Fernández before a public official whose acts
command full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 145.