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Panama's largest landfill an 'environmental and sanitary disaster'

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Panama City, Jun 18 (EFE/EPA).- Cerro Patacón, the largest landfill in Panama and which serves the country’s capital, is an “environmental and sanitary disaster”, which will only change with a modification of the management model of waste, said the Government and environmental defenders on Friday. (Camera: BIENVENIDO VELASCO). SHOT LIST: THE CERRO PATACON LANDFILL IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.

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