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Protest Called to Halt Tenerife’s Cuna del Alma Development

Major Protest Planned Against Cuna del Alma Resort

The Canarian Advocacy Assembly has called for a demonstration in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on Sunday 26 April at 11:00 am. The protest demands a total halt to construction works for the Cuna del Alma tourist resort development near Puertito de Adeje. The march will begin at Weyler Square and pass by the Canary Islands Parliament, the Tenerife Council, and the Presidency of the Regional Government.

Court Order a “Small Great Triumph”

Instruction Court Number 1 in Arona has already issued a ruling provisionally halting work on one of the plots under development within a Coastal Protection Zone, affecting some 2,500 square metres. For the protest organisers, this is a “small great triumph” because the project developer and the Canary Islands Government’s General Directorate for the Coast (a coalition of the Canarian Coalition and People’s Party) will also be named as subjects of the investigation.

Call to Stop “Irreversible Damage”

However, the group states that “time passes and construction continues at full speed on the rest of the mega-resort, causing irreversible damage.” They therefore propose converting this space into an On-Site Museum of Tenerife’s History and Nature. This would prevent the irremediable destruction of a unique area in Tenerife, prized for its Guanche archaeological remains, endemic flora, marine fauna, and singular rock formations.

“Enough is Enough” Say Organisers

“It is already enough that they trample on us, sell us out, rob us, and deceive us Canarians. We must stop this madness of urbanisation, for all the reasons we have stated and for what it represents,” the collective detailed in a statement. The assembly also notes that April marks two years since the historic protest of 20 April, and to date something as obvious and necessary as the eco-tax—long since implemented in most major tourist destinations worldwide—has not been approved.

A Critical Juncture

In this sense, they stress that “it is now or never,” given that the judge overseeing the case must rule on the expert report presented by the complainant groups. This report specifies the damage caused across the entirety of the Cuna del Alma site.

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