Panama's José Raúl Mulino has appealed to a higher power: he called in an archbishop and a rabbi to deliver a message to striking banana workers after nearly two months of social protest that ...

Panama has declared an emergency in its main banana-producing region, after shops were looted and buildings vandalised in ongoing protests over a pension reform.

Panama has suspended constitutional protections for five days in its northwestern Bocas del Toro province after two months of protests and road blockades turned more destructive the previous night.

The issue stems from a massive dispute over pension reform. On April 28, workers at the banana plantations went on strike, expressing their anger over new laws passed by Panama’s Congress.

Panama City, (EFE). – The Panamanian government declared a “state of emergency” in the Caribbean banana-growing province of Bocas del Toro on Friday after an “escalation” of violence the ...

Chiquita Panama's administrative staff have left the country and ... the company fired some 5,000 workers of a total of 6,500 employees nationwide last month in response to a strike at its banana ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Banana giant Chiquita Brands has fired its workers in Panama who have been out on strike for more than three weeks as part of nationwide protests against reforms to the social ...

Workers at U.S.-based banana company Chiquita Brands in Panama ended their protests and road blockades on Wednesday after reaching an agreement over pension reforms. The workers had gone on strike on ...

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Panama has declared an emergency in its main banana-producing region, after shops were looted and buildings vandalised in ongoing protests over a pension reform. The government says constitutional ...