Along the Road: The Ngäbe-Buglé Struggle to Protect Environmental Resources in Panama

摘要: Indigenous people in Panama do not enjoy full autonomy within their comarcas (traditional land reserves): they only control surface resources, while the state retains of underground resources. This article analyses direct action by Ngabe-Bugle, who successfully defeated latest attempt government to exploit resources comarcas. It describes strategies for retaining over people’s and how Ngabe-Bugle counteracted these with support from burgeoning civil society movements. We argue that this is due an unprecedented alliance between other social movements Panama, as well fact have succeeded federating all major organizations around discourses actions.