This is the latest news so hopefully order will soon be restored and we can resume normal activities....yeah!
After seven days of protests, road closures, and even violent days that left two dead, it was agreed that the National Assembly will give urgent attention - starting today - to the notoriously thorny Bill 415 to discuss Article 5, which prohibits mining and hydroelectric projects in the traditional territories (comarca) of the Ngäbe Bugle people. It was also agreed that the Ngäbe Bugle people would cease their protests, that the riot control police would withdrawal from the area, that cellular telephone communications would be restored, that the protesters who had been arrested would be released, and the family members of Jerome Rodriguez Tugrí, who was killed in the protests, would receive compensation. It was also agreed that the complaints filed in the Public Ministry related to recent events would be withdrawn, and that human rights organizations would be asked to conduct a thorough investigation of what happened.
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Oh, I'm so glad to hear things are finally settling down. Keep us posted - keep your head down :)
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