#just to be clear the mine already exists (since 2019) and was declared unconstitutional

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This is a good explanation of the massive protests going on here (finally omg) in English so I can show you guys. They actually interview some Panamanians and explain what people are angry about, which was not described or just super brief in almost all the articles I could find.

The only things I'd add is maybe more focus on the environmental impact of open-pit copper mines in particular bc they leak so much poison into the environment and water/air pollution especially, not to mention the deforestation to make space for the mine. Wildlife has already been severely impacted, and the pollution makes it impossible for people to farm in an area where most of the locals rely on agriculture.

But I think they did a good job describing the other complaints, like the government corruption everyone is fed up with and the historical reasons for the push back against land being sold to foreign companies.