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Cinco cosas a saber de las protestas que sacuden a Panamá

Expertos consideran que la minera fue el ‘gatillo’ de un ‘disgusto acumulado’ por el costo de la vida y otros problemas sociales, y advirtió del riesgo de ‘una explosión social’

TOPSHOT - A demonstrator holds a sign reading "Water is life, Mining is death" during a protest against the government contract with Canadian mining company First Quantum -and its subsidiary Minera Panama- in Panama City, Panama on October 26, 2023. In 2021, Panama's Supreme Court ratified a lower court's ruling that the original concession of mining rights granted to subsidiary Minera Panama until 2037 was unconstitutional, but negotiations between the government and First Quantum led to a new contract through which the company will pay the government ten times more than previously and is allowed to operate in Panama for 20 years, renewable for another two decades. (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA / AFP)
TOPSHOT - A demonstrator holds a sign reading "Water is life, Mining is death" during a protest against the government contract with Canadian mining company First Quantum -and its subsidiary Minera Panama- in Panama City, Panama on October 26, 2023. In 2021, Panama's Supreme Court ratified a lower court's ruling that the original concession of mining rights granted to subsidiary Minera Panama until 2037 was unconstitutional, but negotiations between the government and First Quantum led to a new contract through which the company will pay the government ten times more than previously and is allowed to operate in Panama for 20 years, renewable for another two decades. (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA / AFP) LUIS ACOSTA
Crecen las protestas en Panamá contra la mayor mina a cielo abierto de Centroamérica

Ciudad de Panamá. Panamá vive desde hace una semana una agitación social con manifestaciones, bloqueos de calles y paros laborales en rechazo a la operación, con la venia del gobierno, de la mina de cobre más grande de Centroamérica.

El gigante minero canadiense First Quantum Minerals (FQM) y el gobierno de Laurentino Cortizo están en el ojo del huracán, pero el movimiento de protesta, que incluye a obreros, maestros, médicos, estudiantes y ambientalistas, aumentó sus reivindicaciones.

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