Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Protests extended into a second week Monday over a long-term copper mining concession for a Canadian company, as Panama's government sought to calm anger by promising to let Panamanians decide in ...
(Reuters) -Panama will reject all new mining projects, the president said on Friday, as his government defends a controversial contract extending operations for two decades at a major copper mine ...
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.
4 May – Panama bans First Quantum Minerals from extracting copper following the closure of its Cobre Panamá mine in 2023. [ 3 ] 5 May – 2024 Panamanian general election . [ 4 ]
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.
Pages in category "2023 in Panama" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... 2023 Panamanian protests; C. 2023 Colón shooting; G. Gualaca bus ...