Panama: Indigenous block road to protest mining

All agreed with the Indians has been fulfilled. Now foreign elements did not want hydro. That will triple the light

Well justified in his Twitter account ( @ rmartinelli ) President Ricardo Martinelli closing streets on February 3 serving his fifth day. And is that the natives of the region have closed Ngäbes Buglé the Pan American Highway up to the province of Chiriqui to demand the government to comply with the agreed upon last year's negotiations about mining in the region.

The closure has caused millions of dollars lost because it is the main means of land communication in the country. It has also made hundreds of people are trapped in the massive congestion, leaving them without food or water. As reported in The Press :

Hundreds of passengers and freight drivers trapped by the dam of the American way, in the district of La Mesa, cried out for help from the authorities of the province of Veraguas, because after four days of protest have been left without food and water.

The government has so far opted to ignore the protests and seek alternate routes to transport people and goods, as the so-called "air bridge" that would transport people and food by air.

Woman with a skirt, dress typical of the Ngobe-Bugle in Chiriqui, Panama

The shaky image of the government of Ricardo Martinelli is shown even more impaired in social networks where people have repudiated the apathy and arrogance with which the president and his team have handled the situation, but there are those who see the attitude of indigenous self-centeredness and little concern for the country.

Robert B. Logs ( @ tronky22 ) writes to the president:

@ Rmartinelli is unacceptable q a sector of the population we have knees, but it is inconceivable that tmbn has not being resolved

Jaime Correa ( @ JCorrea1293 ) is shown by the way annoyed the autocratic ruler and states that is often confused with how to control their chain supermarket (Super 99):

Martinelli is still thinking and believing that Panama is administered as a Super 99 and that being president, owns resources

Fermin Osorio ( @ MeisterBrake ) for its part believes that people exaggerate a little to draw Martinelli responsible for all evil;

All it does martinelli ta bad fren in my opinion to miss many things and good, but also their defecated good.

Maria Moreno (@ ascadelia1986 ) A comparison of the current government with the former dictatorship of Manuel Antonio Noriega :

est worst government is the gove q d q martinelli lack nadamas skate out planning and raising his machete

Daniel Acosta ( @ Daar05 ) drew the entire political class as the culprit of the crisis facing the country:

I feel that the toodos of politics in Panama are responsible for what happens! Martinelli should seek a solution fast!!

The blogger Erick Simpson Aguilera has his perspective on his blog Pma507pty :

Solidarizándome ended with the struggle of the brothers Ngäbes for homeland defense, which shift the autocratic government plans to sell to the Canadian mining and Korean, to pillage and plunder our natural wealth. And, making a call to the government in the sense that, do not insist on keeping the country on the brink of ungovernability and chaos, ruining the image of Panama, affecting investment, tourism, and economic growth experienced by the nation which avoided if dialogue with the authorities and accept Ngäbes Buglé legally formalized, non-exploration or mining, or water in the Shire.

Although the solution seems far away right now, Panamanians have not lost hope of finding a solution beneficial to all.

Written by Ariel Moreno · Comments (0)
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