The Ngöbe-Buglé Indigenous people took to the streets once more during the week of October 24th as a result of President Martinelli's failure to take their demands into account regarding changes to the country's mining code. Last February and March, the Ngöbe-Buglé successfully negotiated a reversal of a proposed mining law that would have facilitated open-pit mining by foreign companies in their territories. On the 24th, an assembly created to address these issues presented a reformed version of the mining code entitled Law 394. However, this law still fails to take into account many of the demands of the Ngöbe-Bugle people.
Read a summary of the Ngöbe-Bugle's recent struggle against mining laws in Panama here.
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