Street protests spread – march on presidency planned Thursday

Thousands  of people took over the Cinta Costera, Calle 50 and Avenida Balboa on Wednesday, October 25 chanting slogans against mining activity.

They defended the legitimacy of the protests , ensuring that those participating in the peaceful march were not those who carried out the vandalism, but were infiltrators seeking to destabilize the protest.

Marcos Santiago , a participant in the demonstrations, said that those participating in this peaceful march do not use balaclavas or masks, they are teachers, doctors students and professionals . However, there are infiltrated people doing vandalism that has nothing to do with the protests.

Teachers, workers and other organizations will march to the Presidency on Thursday

They call for a national march to the Presidency in rejection of the mining contract.

Meanwhile, Marlen Sánchez called on the population to join this fight, not necessarily in the Cinta Costera, but in their own communities.

“We are normal people who work every day, we cannot come to all the demonstrations because we have responsibilities, but today we are here and we will continue to be, and they are not going to say that we are criminals because it is not true,” he stressed .

People will gather at the same point where these two nights they have demonstrated against Law 406 that upholds the mining contract.