Protests in Panama over construction of dam on Indio river

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Residents of Rio Indio, the Coordinadora Campesina por la Vida (CCV) and other social organizations announced on the eve of a protest against the construction of a dam in that area of the Panama Canal watershed. teleSUR

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00:00In Panama, Rio Indio residents and several farmer national movements announced rallies

00:05against the construction of a dam in the Panama Canal basin.

00:08Lina Benitez, Farmer Coordinator for Life, expressed that the authority of the Panama

00:13Canal disseminated fake news about the alleged acceptance of this project.

00:19She denounced a questionable and intimidating census that do not reflect the will of the

00:24people.

00:25She recalled that since 1999, farmers have been waging a struggle in defense of their

00:30territory against the government program that includes the eviction of productive lands

00:36that they have occupied for several generations.

00:39That is the case of Rio Indio, vital for the agricultural and livestock activities of over

00:4412,000 people.

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