US EditionPanama Communities Challenge Canal Expansion Project in Supreme Court
PANAMA, JUL 31 – Communities argue the $1.6 billion reservoir project violates human rights and environmental laws, affecting 2,500 people and increasing canal capacity by 15 vessels daily, authorities said.
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Panama’s Water Fight: Canal Expansion Faces Local Farmers’ Resistance
In July 2025, Panama’s canal authority announced a $1.6 billion plan to build a huge water reservoir near the Indio River. Their goal is to manage the Panama Canal’s water shortages, which last year forced record shipping delays and heavy financial losses after regional droughts cut the number of ships passing by half. The new […]
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Panama communities challenge canal expansion project in Supreme Court
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Communities in Panama affected by a $1.6 billion project by the Panama Canal to build a massive new water reservoir on Thursday introduced a lawsuit before the Supreme Court
Panama Communities Challenge Canal Expansion Project in Supreme Court
A group of peasants filed a lawsuit this Thursday before the Supreme Court of Justice against the construction of a reservoir in the Panama Canal, which the authorities consider vital to confront the droughts that reduce the transit of ships, reports the AFP. The Authority of the Panama Canal (ACP), the autonomous public entity [...] The entry Panamanian Peasants seek before the courts to stop the construction of a reservoir in the canal was fir…
The application includes six alleged constitutional violations, including contempt of international human rights treaties
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