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Weekly Report - 22 March 2012 (WR-12-12)
PANAMA: Does Martinelli give a dam?
President Ricardo Martinelli has once again been forced back to the negotiating table with indigenous groups over the extraction and use of natural resources. Following unrest last month amid his attempts to renege on a promise not to open up the mining sector to foreign government investment [WR-12-07], the flare-up of protests over another key indigenous demand - the suspension of hydroelectric projects – left the pro-business Martinelli forced to negotiate. The mixed reaction within the indigenous sector to the latest agreement, together with Martinelli’s flip-flopping on the issue, suggests the unlikelihood of a definitive end to tensions.
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