Panamanian policy toward Native Americans

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Ngobe-Bugle under threat of mining exploitation

SAIIC, 19 September 1996. For the fourth time the government of Panama is trying to commercially exploit the traditional habitat of the Ngobe-Bugle by developing the mining industry in their area. Every time, the government ignores historical petitions offered by the Ngobe-Bugle to protest against these hostile acts.