Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-21-2013
Abstract
This article outlines a commemorative anti-mining march in Panama that took place early February 2013. The march marked the one year anniversary of Ngãbe Buglé indigenous community protests against the elimination of an article in a mining bill that outlawed mineral extraction on the Ngãbe Buglé reservation. They were also protesting the construction of the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project without an environmental impact assessment and prior consultation (as stipulated in ILO Convention 169). The article examines the Martinelli government's response to the protests, in addition to their failure to consult with the indigenous community on either of the projects.
Rights
Article re-posted with permission from the publisher as a PDF document as part of an Institutional Repository collection to aggregate Latin American energy policy, dialogue, white papers, reports, and educational materials.
Language
English
Publisher
NotiCen - Latin America Data Base
Recommended Citation
Reynolds, Louisa. "Indigenous communities in Panama commemorate march against open-pit mining in which two protestors were killed." (2013). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/la_energy_notien/112
