More than 100 Panamanian and international organizations and coalitions have submitted an open letter to Minister of International Commerce and Economic Development Mary Ng demanding the Canadian government withdraw all support for the Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals and respect the will of Panamanians who say “Panama is not a mining country.”
The petition details how the Canadian government has stood by First Quantum Minerals this whole time, even as the company has failed to obtain a social license or the legal standing to operate, and despite the violence that marked protests across the country. Minister Ng has said that it’s her job to advocate in support of the Canadian company.
