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Volume 14, Number 7
April 6 - 19, 2008


business & economy

Also in this section:
Bus problems prompt more protests, but solution isn't close
Playa Bonita land deal held illegal
How much will the US recession affect Panama?
Another risk of living or doing business in the capital
Panamanian, Central American stock and bond markets to merge
Will Howard duty-free zone revive this failed industrial project?
Indigenous activists gather to plot strategies to defend their lands
Regional labor federations merge
Plaza Catedral protest over displacement of rural communities
Previous Business & Economy Briefs




Rural protesters take the fight for their homes
to as close to the president as they can get

A protest campout in the Casco Viejo's Plaza Catedral, near the presidential palace, is into its third week and, although it is reported that the protesters have been running short on cooking fuel and other supplies, sympathizers have been giving various donations and reinforcements have been coming into the city from a number of rural communities that are threatened with displacement by hydroelectric dams, mines or tourist developments. The campout began with a small group from the Ngobe-Bugle Comarca whose lands and water supplies are being threatened by a hydroelectric dam. Since it began delegations from at least 10 other communities have joined.

Photos by José F. Ponce

Indigenous protesters take the fight for their homes to the Casco Viejo







Also in this section:
Bus problems prompt more protests, but solution isn't close
Playa Bonita land deal held illegal
How much will the US recession affect Panama?
Another risk of living or doing business in the capital
Panamanian, Central American stock and bond markets to merge
Will Howard duty-free zone revive this failed industrial project?
Indigenous activists gather to plot strategies to defend their lands
Regional labor federations merge
Plaza Catedral protest over displacement of rural communities
Previous Business & Economy Briefs

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