The coordinating committee for the defense of natural resources and the rights of the Ngobe-Bugle indigenous people and the Panamanian government reached an agreement on mining, and activists removed their roadblocks.
Following long talks with the mediation of the Catholic Church, Minister of Government Demetrio Oaoadimitriu, and the president of the Coordinating Committee, Chief Rogelio Montezuma, signed an agreement, said the president of the Ngobe-Bugle indigenous community, Pedro Rodriguez.
The six-point accord puts an end, for now, to demonstrations against recent reforms in the Mineral Resources Code.
The demonstrations lasted four days and left a total of 21 wounded and 14 detained.
The meeting concluded late Sunday night at the Road Virgin Prayer Center in San Felix, Chiriqui, the main area of conflict.
The indigenous community demanded talks with a high-level commission headed by Papadimitriu and formed by other government ministers, directors of institutions and legislators.
The six points of the accord include the creation of a high level commission formed by representatives of the government and the indigentous coordinating committee and a new law to ban mining in the region and protect water resources.
It also includes the beginning of talks in San Felix, Chiriqui, on Tuesday, to discuss article by article Law 8 of 2011, which allows strip mining, the release of all the detainees, and a promise for no reprisals against the Coordinating Commission leaders.