Union Members Stage Protest at First Quantum’s Panama Mine
- Hundreds of construction workers waved flags at mine entrance
- Protests coincide with Martyrs’ Day commemoration in Panama
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Hundreds of Panamanian construction workers staged a demonstration at a shuttered copper mine that has become the subject of nationalistic sentiment in the Central American nation.
Members of the Suntracs union waved flags at the entrance to the mine operated by Canada’s First Quantum Minerals Ltd. and hung a giant sign across the main gate that read: “This is sovereign territory” on Tuesday. One worker wrapped a chain around the gates and padlocked them shut.