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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 Panamanian government declared a "state of emergency" in the banana-growing province of Bocas del Toro for an "escalation" of violence.

Banana workers in Panama end their six-week strike after reaching a pension reform agreement. With Chiquita's operations halted and over 6,500 workers dismissed, concerns remain about the industry's ...

(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) Panama City, Panama: Banana union members from Bocas del Toro met this Tuesday with the board of directors and the six party leaders of the National Assembly. The meeting ...

Chiquita Panama's administrative staff have left the country and the firm will seek authorization from the government to sack its remaining personnel in Panama, the nation's labor minister said on ...

Banana producer Chiquita on Thursday announced it would lay off thousands of workers in Panama, following what it called "unjustified abandonment of work" on its farms and operations centres since ...

US banana giant Chiquita fires thousands over Panama strike President Jose Raul Mulino, whose changes to social security laws prompted the protest, called the strike ‘illegal’ and said the ...

Chiquita Panama said on Thursday it has fired daily workers in the western province of Bocas del Toro after what it called an "unjustified abandonment of work" at its banana farms that began late ...

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 security system.

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 ...