The United States actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio supported the fight of the Panamanian population this Saturday (18/11/2023) against the operation of a large copper mine, the center of a national crisis in which four people died. Lives have been lost. And the millionaires in the country are incurring losses.
Hollywood actor shared on his account Instagram publishing an organization again,WildWhich shows a video titled ‘Panama te Quiero Verde, Shut Down the Mega-Mine’ by Duletwindigena and Waguafilms.
“The people of Panama are uniting to protect nature, asking the country’s Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional a controversial mining project in the protected Bosque Donoso forest,” signs Duletwindigena, which describes itself as a “social Network where experiences are shared”. Peoples” and Vaguafilms which produces “audiovisual production in the indigenous areas of Panama.”
The concession area, continue the organizations that echoed DiCaprio’s publication, is “located in the center of the largest biological corridor in Mesoamerica,” and “mining activity would have devastating impacts on the surrounding ecosystems, species and people.”
The Panama Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) announced that – on November 24 – the Plenary Session of nine magistrates will hold a permanent session on two unconstitutionality appeals against the law contract, which was renewed in October for 20 extendable years, the company Concession was given. mining panamaSubsidiary of Canadian First Quantum Minerals (FQM).
mining panama mine burst panama copperThe largest open pit in Central America, with an investment of $10,000 million, according to the company, denies that its operations harm the environment.
Meanwhile, the government of Laurentino Cortizo assured that the new contract guarantees environmental monitoring and increases income to the treasury by 10 times compared to the previous contract with an annual payment of $375 million, which was declared unconstitutional by the CSJ in 2017. it was done.
The apparent approval of the contract law by parliament and the executive provoked the largest public demonstrations in decades in Panama, some of which were accompanied by vandalism, while police were accused of using excessive force against protesting groups.
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