Environmentalists move forward on closure of Panama's copper mine
The formation of a technical committee to supervise the closure of Panama's largest copper mine is advancing in that Central American nation, according to the Panamanian Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) last Tuesday. teleSUR
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00:00 In Panama, members of the political party Alianza Pueblo Unido por la Vida assure that
00:04 they will hold marches until the orderly closure of the mining company is achieved.
00:09 Educators and trade unionists are forecasted to meet this Tuesday at 4 p.m. local time
00:13 in Porras Park to then head to the Presidency of the Republic.
00:17 With this type of demonstration, citizens hope that the operations of the first quantum
00:21 minerals and the persecution and prosecution of leaders who fight against mining will cease.
00:27 Police, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry stated that Panama is initiating the process
00:31 for the definite closure of the Panama Copper mine, a fact that comes after the formal notification
00:37 of the ruling of unconstitutionality of Law 406.