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Cobre Panamá, the largest open pit copper mine in Central America, is operated by Toronto-based First Quantum Minerals. After some 250,000 people in Panama took to the streets to protest against corruption and environmental damage at the mine, Panama’s supreme court declared that First Quantum’s contract to operate the mine unconstitutional, causing it to be shut down.
Panama City, Nov 24 (EFE). – Panama’s Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) began a permanent session Friday to debate and analyze the unconstitutionality of Law 406, which approves the contract between the state and Minera Panama, which has been at the center of a month of protests. The plenary session of Panama’s highest judicial body, …