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El Jobo, Panama – 31 August 2024
1. Aerial of village El Jobo on the banks of the Indio river
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El Jobo, Panama – 31 August 2024
2. Ana María Antonio from the Panama Canal Authority on boat on the Indio river
3. Various of villagers arriving for meeting with Ana María Antonio
3. Ana María Antonio addressing villagers
4. Map
5. Man listening
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ana María Antonio, Panama Canal Authority Community Liaison:
"We as the Panama Canal (Authority) are holding meetings in the different communities of the Indio River basin so that we provide them with updated information, transparent information and so that we can open a dialogue with the communities in the area enabling us to address the main queries and questions the residents of the area may have."
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El Jobo, Panama – 31 August 2024
7. Houses in El Jobo Village
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Gatún, Panama – 16 September 2024
8. Aerial of ship navigating the Galliard cut on the Panama Canal ++MUTE ++
9. Aerial of ships anchored on Lake Gatún ++ MUTE ++
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El Jobo, Panama – 31 August 2024
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Kenny Alexander Macero, Guayabalito Resident:
"The water is taken by the canal to provide it to others in the country, they transfer it from the river to Lake Gatun where the ships transit and there are millions of dollars worth by the tons that one hears are passing through. So those millions of dollars are taken by the country to be used in other areas that could be of use to us and benefit us."
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Limón, Panama – 31 August 2024
11. Various of Olegario Hernández walking out of his home and sitting down
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Olegario Hernández, Resident of Limón:
"We don’t want to leave because we don’t need to leave. The ACP (Panama Canal Authority) is the one who wants to kick us out of here. Right? But they don’t want to pay anything, they want to pay us a pittance."
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El Jobo, Panama – 31 August 2024
13. Sign outside Olegario Hernández’ home reading (Spanish) "No to the reservoir"
STORYLINE:
A long wooden boat puttered down the Indio River’s carrying Ana María Antonio and a colleague from the Panama Canal Authority on a mission to hear directly from villagers who could be affected by plans to dam the river.
The canal forms the backbone of Panama’s economy, and the proposed dam would secure the water needed to ensure the canal’s uninterrupted operation at a time of increasingly erratic weather.
It also would flood villages, where about 2,000 people would need to be relocated and where there is opposition to the plan, and curb the flow of the river to other communities downstream.
At the town of El Jobo, Antonio and her colleague climbed the muddy incline from the river to a room belonging to the local Catholic parish.
Inside, residents from El Jobo and Guayabalito, two communities that won’t be flooded, took their seats.
The canal authority has held dozens of such outreach meetings in the watershed.
"We as Panama Canal are holding meetings in the different communities of the Indio River basin so that we provide them with updated information,” Antonio said.
Those living downstream know the mega-project will substantially alter the river, but they hope it will bring jobs, drinking water, electricity and roads to their remote communities and not just leave them impoverished.
The Panama Canal was completed in 1914 and generates about a quarter of the government’s budget.
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