Panama: Indigenous Movement Deeply Concerned About the Barro Blanco Dam http://upsidedownworld.org/main/international-archives-60/3027-panama-indigenous-movement-deeply-concerned-about-the-barro-blanco-dam

On May 6, 2011, the grassroots indigenous and environmental group known as The April 10th Movement (El Movimiento 10 de Abril, or "M10") shut down a section of the Panamerican highway at the bridge over the Rio Tasabará in Western Panama. M10, which represents several communities along the banks of the Rio Tasabará, occupied the bridge and announced that they would remain there until the Federal government responded to their concerns over the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project and other developments in the province of Chiriqui.