15th November 1996 Macosur Company officially closed down. Today, the office paid all the outstanding salary to all the staff and workers but without a farewell party.
The sawmill already stopped for half year without new log coming in. Followed by the S4S line shortly after all the remaining raw wood are used up.
17th November 1996 Senior Ramirez came to our house to paid up G65,000 (US$33) he owed us and gave us a warm good bye. After that he carried his 2 bags of all belonging and waited for a public bus by the highway. Moment later he board a bus and with it he left forever.
Senior Ramirez aged 60+ is the oldest office staff of Macosur sawmill who worked for the company almost for the whole life. Now at his retirement age he saw also the company closing down. How much he keep for his remaining life from the company he work for I do not know, but I understanding the intense of his financial difficulty that for the mere US$33 took him half a year to pay up.
And for my whole family, 2 weeks later on 1 December 1996 we started living in a condominium in Ciudad del Este City just 22 Km away. My job continue as usual under the Taiwanese company.
The Paraguay sawmill was later dismantled after the land changed ownership, with only its formal address remain in history record:
MACOSUR S.A.
RUTA 7, KM22,
ALTO PARANA, MINGA GUAZU.
TEL: (595) 064-510
MACOSUR S.A. -
MAderas del COno SUr S.A.
(Timber of Southern Cone)
International and Multinational Private company .. Asuncion .. Manufacturing:
