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Social organizations in Panama and international allies are promoting a petition demanding that the government reject negotiations with the mining company First Quantum

Social organizations in Panama are promoting a petition to the Panamanian government, urging President José Raúl Mulino to reject any negotiations with First Quantum Minerals to reopen the Cobre Panamá mine, whose contract was declared unconstitutional by Panama’s Supreme Court in 2023.
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Trump’s deals extort trade partners for mining company profits. There is a better way

New mineral trade “deals” that the Trump administration is pushing are extortion, not foreign policy. A deal being considered between Zambia and the US that would make lifesaving medical aid contingent on access to minerals is just the latest in a series of these exploitative deals, including Indonesia, Rwanda, and the DRC.
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