Barro Blanco hydro project to continue

RESPONDING to pressure from the private sector, the Panama government has  announced that construction  of the Barro Blanco dam will resume and Generadora del Istmo SA will lead the work.

“It would not be a good message to the international community nor for the country’s energy needs if we suspended the project”, said Manuel Dominguez, Secretary of Communication of the State.

Authorities proposed that the company Generadora del Istmo (Genisa) continue the Barro Blanco project which is 95% complete along with a third company that will remedy the setbacks the project has run into reports Panama America

In addition, the Presidency issued a statement on May 18 stating that “… the Panamanian State considers that it is in the national interest that there be continuity of the hydroelectric project Barro Blanco, and that there are mechanisms to ensure the protection of human rights of the communities near the dam, which must be worked on in conjunction with all parties.”