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Barro Blanco suspended while the Netherlands decides on complaint

Barro Blanco fake-green dam construction suspended – will this now affect financing from Dutch FMO bank?

February 9, 2015
A night with the cacica

An attempt to overthrow Ngobe cacica Silvia Carrera appears to have been soundly defeated as she receives massive support. No wonder, we say, after having met her a couple of times.

October 24, 2014
Ngobe give government till Friday to suspend construction of Barro Blanco dam

The Ngobe have given the government an ultimatum: Suspend construction of Barro Blanco by Friday or face massive protests. “This battle will be decided in the streets, not at the negotiating table”.

April 2, 2013
Murder by death squad of Ngobe protester sets the tone for coming Battle of Barro Blanco

The investment of the Dutch FMO and German DEG banks in the controversial Barro Blanco dam is now being protected by death squads murdering people.

March 25, 2013
Ngobe fed up with ongoing construction of Barro Blanco

The Martinelli administration is using the San Lorenzo agreement as a shield to finish construction of Barro Blanco asap. However, your Bananama Republic attended various meetings in the comarca over the last days, and it became very clear that a vast majority of the population is willing to take to the streets again to stop…

March 20, 2013
Barro Blanco petition almost at target signatures

Online petition to stop construction of Barro Blanco dam has almost its desired 28,000 signatures.

January 16, 2013
Barro Blanco: After being caught lying, authorities and Genisa declare case closed

Protests today against Barro Blanco, the controversial hydroelectric dam of which Martinelli is a shareholder.

January 9, 2013
Colon Free Zone protests turn into broad anti-Martinelli movement

What we’re seeing is protest that goes beyond coercing the government into dropping its CFZ sales plans. It’s no longer against one piece of misguided policy; it is against Martinelli himself, his accomplices, against the constant abuses, the broken promises, the violence, the unprecedented mega-corruption and the fact that the highest economic growth in Latin…

October 24, 2012
Presidency ordered phone blackout

The cellphone shutdown in Ngöbe protest areas was not the result of “sabotage” or any such fantasy, but ordered by the Presidency through a former La Prensa employee.

February 9, 2012
Police hunts down murder witnesses

As indigenous leaders demand investigations into murder and rape, the police is hunting down witnesses to its crimes and arresting them.

February 9, 2012

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