Sin Minería and 40 groups, Defeat the proposed new copper mine contract

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Sin Minería and 40 groups, Defeat the proposed new copper mine contract

From the @sinmineria Twitter feed. Emergency statement about the impositionof an illegal contract with Minera Panama by the Movimiento Panamá Vale Más Sin Minería, translation from the Spanish by E…

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Consider one part of this from a transparency and freedom of the press perspective. The nation cedes to a private company control of the airspace above and around its operations? One can get nationalistic about this giveaway of Panamanian territory. But the intent is that nobody can fly a drone or a helicopter over the mine, show forests being cut down, see toxic runoff getting into the watersheds or so on. It's a contractual gag order against the press and against the public's right to know.