2 demonstrators die in Panama during latest protests over Canadian company's mining contract

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Authorities in Panama say two people have died while participating in a third week of protests against a government mining contract

Two people died Tuesday while participating in a third week of protests against a controversial government mining contract in Panama, officials confirmed. One person was arrested in connection with the incident, Panama's attorney general said on the social network X, formerly Twitter. Officials did not say how the demonstrators died while blocking a road in the east of the country, but local reports suggested they were shot by a driver attempting to get past the protest.

The deaths followed local reports that a demonstrator was run over and killed Nov. 1 by a foreigner attempting to cross a roadblock during a protest in the west of the country. The contract, given final approval Oct.

 

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