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Central America

Widespread Protests Continue Against Mining in Panama Despite Repression

Sare Frabes - 15 November, 2023

Protests have not stopped against the approval of the largest mining project in Central America. Going on one month, the people of Panama have maintained uninterrupted mobilizations throughout the county, in rejection of Law 406,...

Central America

Panamá: Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous region at risk of disappearing

Santiago Navarro F - 9 August, 2017

Photo: Santiago Navarro F. Translated by Alfie Lake A few logs and interlaced planks give shape to two walls holding up a few pieces of metal sheeting; this is a makeshift hut. In the background two...

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State Terrorism

Indigenous council in Michoacán denounces threats Against Spokesperson

Sare Frabes - 2 December, 2023

Pavel Uliánov Guzmán, spokesperson for the CSIM, on the microphone. On Monday, November 27, members of the Supreme Indigenous Council of Michoacán (CSIM) legally denounced...

Extractivism

Industrial Activity Expands in the Isthmus of Veracruz

Aldo Santiago - 30 November, 2023

Silica sand mine in Jáltipan. Photo: Aldo Santiago As part of the project Tracing Green Capital in Mesoamerica, Avispa Midia documented the vast deployment of...

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Chapín Abajo: History of a Community in Resistance Against Industrial Oil Palm Cultivation

Renata Bessi - 27 November, 2023

Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ people are recuperating their lands despite the military presence.