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Residents of La Gloria urge authorities to finish electrification project after years of waiting
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Residents of La Gloria urge authorities to finish electrification project after years of waiting

From TVN Panamá · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Residents of La Gloria in Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, are asking authorities to resume and complete a rural electrification project they say has remained unfinished since 2017.
  • The project is reportedly 70% to 80% complete, but the community still lacks electricity for eight schools and a health center.
  • Residents say completing the work would improve living conditions and allow local health and education services to operate properly.

Residents of La Gloria say they have been waiting since 2017 for authorities to finish a rural electrification project that they estimate is 70% to 80% complete.

The community, in Changuinola district in Panama’s Bocas del Toro province, continues to lack electricity despite the infrastructure already in place. Bartolomé Ábrego of the La Gloria Community Board said completing the project is especially important because the area has eight educational centers and a health center.

If we don’t have electricity here, our patients cannot be treated.

— Bartolomé ÁbregoHe described the impact of the unfinished project on La Gloria’s health center.

“If we don’t have electricity here, our patients cannot be treated,” Ábrego said. Residents say the lack of power affects the community’s ability to provide basic services and has prolonged a wait that began when work on the electrical network started.

“Since 2017, we have been carrying out the electrical installation. We have asked insistently,” resident Alberto Ábrego said. Eugenia Herrera also called for the work to resume and for the remaining infrastructure to be completed. Residents are asking authorities to follow up on the project so families in La Gloria can finally receive electricity.

Since 2017, we have been carrying out the electrical installation. We have asked insistently.

— Alberto ÁbregoThe resident stressed how long the community has sought electricity.
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Originally published by TVN Panamá in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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