The new bill not only repeals that contract but extends a moratorium on all concessions for mining activities until Panama’s Code of Mineral Resources is reformed
Facing a second week of impassioned, nationwide protests, Panama’s National Assembly has nearly passed a new law revoking a controversial mining contract in an environmentally vulnerable part of country. The bill passed a second debate late on Wednesday and now faces a final vote Thursday in which no changes can be made. Panama’s legislature first…