Voices Supporting The Project
ANCON (the National Association for Nature Conservation) has approved the environmental studies of the proposal and given some recommendations if the project is approved. The following have also endorsed the proposal:
- The Nature Conservancy
- La Prensa newspaper, in an editorial note
- Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture
- The government-aligned CONATO (National Council of Organized Workers)
- Former presidents Martin Torrijos (the project was approved under his leadership), Mireya Moscoso, and Ernesto Pérez Balladares
- President Ricardo Martinelli (who took office after construction of the project commenced, but before it ended)
- Ruben Blades, politician, lawyer, singer, and actor
- Singers including Mach and Daddy and Karen Peralta
- Stanley Heckadon, former director of the INRENARE agency, predecessor of the National Environmental Authority
- Panamanian world boxing champions Roberto "The Spider" Vásquez, Celestino "Pelenchín" Caballero, and Roberto Durán
- Panama athletes including Carlos Lee, Mariano Rivera, Roberto Vasquez, Vicente Mosquera, Maestrito Córdoba, and Danilo Pinnock
- Former Miss Universe Justine Pasek, writer Rosa María Britton, and painter Olga Sinclair
- Canal customers, many in the maritime industries and the business community
- 76.8% of Panamanian voters, in a referendum; the turnout was 43%
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