Residents of Rio Indio, the Coordinadora Campesina por la Vida (CCV) and other social organizations announced on the eve of a protest against the construction of a dam in that area of the Panama Canal watershed. teleSUR
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00:00In Panama, Rio Indio residents and several farmer national movements announced rallies
00:05against the construction of a dam in the Panama Canal basin.
00:08Lina Benitez, Farmer Coordinator for Life, expressed that the authority of the Panama
00:13Canal disseminated fake news about the alleged acceptance of this project.
00:19She denounced a questionable and intimidating census that do not reflect the will of the
00:24people.
00:25She recalled that since 1999, farmers have been waging a struggle in defense of their
00:30territory against the government program that includes the eviction of productive lands
00:36that they have occupied for several generations.
00:39That is the case of Rio Indio, vital for the agricultural and livestock activities of over
00:4412,000 people.