Two killed in #Panama #protest as anti-government tensions rise

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/two-killed-panama-protest-anti-government-tensions-rise-2023-11-07/

The deaths come as street protests by thousands of Panamanians during the past weeks over a new mining contract signed with Canadian #mining firm First Quantum Minerals (FM.TO) spilled into wider discontent with the #government.

The atmosphere is now so heated that radical right-wingers are killing environmental activists.

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