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A series of protests began in Panama on 20 October 2023 following the immediate approval of a 20-to-40-year mining contract between the government of Panama and First Quantum Minerals, [6] the operator of Cobre Panamá, the largest open-pit copper mine in Central America, placed 20 minutes away from the western coast of Colon Province and within a protected area of the Mesoamerican Biological ...
Anti-mining protests that have roiled Panama for the last two weeks turned deadly on Tuesday ... mining company First Quantum and its subsidiary Minera Panama in Panama City on November 8, 2023 ...
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November 9, 2023 at 4:16 AM Two people have died after a motorist fired shots during a protest against a disputed mining contract in Panama on Tuesday, 7 November.
On 18 July, Panama City saw the country's largest protest. [6] President Laurentino Cortizo's government deal to cut fuel prices was rejected by trade unions. [7] Protestors blocked sections of the transcontinental Pan-American Highway. [8] On 27 July, security minister Juan Manuel Pino Forero said that the roads were clear for the first time. [9]
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Panama 15 February – Gualaca bus crash: At least 39 illegal immigrants are killed in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, when their bus, intended to be driven to the United States, falls off a cliff.
The Panamanian government formally raised concerns with the United Nations over President Trump’s threats to retake the Panama Canal, noting any threat of force would violate rules. In a letter ...
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