Ngöbe Buglé Indigenous In Panamá: Spearheading The Struggle Against Mining And Water Companies

The struggle of the more 150,000 Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous peoples has to do with resistance to cooper and gold mining and water concessions to foreign companies – a highly sensitive issue in a country that prohibited such practices until recently when the present administration headed by President Martinelli, a corporate entrepreneur, began changing the laws in favor of private enterprises so that they can exploit resources.
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