Díaz Pinzón, F., & Almeida, P. (2025). Profile: multi-sectoral alliances in national mobilizations against extraction in Panama. Social Movement Studies, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2025.2562887

Collective action against extraction tends to occur at the local level at the sites where nearby ecological damage takes place. In Panama in 2023, protests reached a national level against copper mining by a transnational corporation and successfully terminated operations. The protests endured for a month and acted as the largest outpouring of protests in Panamanian history. This study details how a massive campaign against extraction with a successful outcome builds from multi-sectoral alliances attained in previous struggles. The lessons learned from the mobilizations provide strategies for other regions in the search for equitable environmental policies that avoid threatening ecological sustainability.