· February, 2012

Stories about Panama from February, 2012

Panama: The Indigenous Leader Who Took on the Government

  12 February 2012

Amidst Panama's current crisis is a woman who has emerged as the standard bearer of the indigenous struggle: Silvia Carrera who, after being the first woman elected to the position of cacique or tribal chief, has risen up firmly against the mining intentions of the current government.

Panama: Indigenous Mining Protest Blocks Pan-American Highway

  6 February 2012

Indigenous tribes of Ngäbes Buglé in Panama have closed the Pan-American Highway to demand that the government fulfills what was agreed upon in the negotiations regarding mining in the area. On social networks, President Martinelli's position has been repudiated, but so has the selfish attitude of the protesters.