Panama Ecologist
Awakening Continues
Indigenous, farmer, and
ecology organizations
entered their second
week of wakefulness in
defense of the
environment, denouncing
it is affected by
private and government
projects.
Representatives of those
organizations remain in
handcrafted tents on the
Cathedral's Plaza, near
the Republic's
Presidency, in the
city's old area.
They are showing signs
and banners with their
demands, holding
meetings and carrying
out marches to the
parliament and
government institutions
to present their
demands.
One of the activists,
Aleyda Suira chained
herself on Monday in
front of the Palacio de
las Garzas (Herons'
Palace), the
Presidency's
headquarters, in
rejection of the mining,
hydroelectric, and
residential tourism
plans, which damage
nature.
Suira said they would
remain protesting until
the authorities meet
their demands, something
for which they requested
an interview with
President Martin
Torrijos.
Government spokespeople
expressed their
willingness to hold a
dialogue with those
organizations at the
National Coordination
Table for Development,
in which diverse social
sectors, as
businesspeople,
participate. |
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