Protests continue in Panama awaiting Supreme Court ruling

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Protests against Law 406, which grants Minera Panamá a permit to exploit copper for 20 years, continue in the Central American country awaiting the ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) on a claim of unconstitutionality of the law. teleSUR

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00:00 In Panama, popular demonstrations in rejection of the mining contract have the Canadian company

00:04 First Quantum on the ropes, which on Tuesday called for dialogue.

00:08 The company, on the verge of halting production due to the blockades that prevent the flow

00:12 of vital material, also confirmed that it canceled a payment of $567 million to the

00:17 Panamanian state.

00:19 This payment, according to the mining company, covers a period between December 21, 2021

00:24 and October 2023.

00:26 The information does not mention what President Laurentino Cortes stated a week ago when he

00:31 affirmed in a message to the nation that the payment is in a restricted account of the

00:35 national bank.

00:36 The People United for Life Alliance responded to the calls from the mining company.

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