Residents of Rio Indio gather to protest against the Panama Canal project, which intends to utilize the river to supply water for the canal's operations, in Rio Indio, Panama The photograph shows residents from Río Indio — many of them small-scale farmers and fishers — protesting the Panama Canal Authority’s plan to construct a dam on the river. The project aims to secure additional water sources for the canal, which has been affected by recurring droughts. However, local communities fear that the dam will flood their lands, destroy farmland, and displace hundreds of families who have lived in the area for generations. The protest highlights the growing conflict between national infrastructure expansion and the preservation of rural livelihoods and ecosystems in Panama’s interior.