The agreements between the US and Panama include migratory control and to carry out coordinated actions against the Venezuelan government

Panama’s largest union, SUNTRACS, has denounced that several of their bank accounts were frozen as a retaliatory measure for opposing a mining concession in 2023.

Protests have spread across Panama in rejection of copper mining concessions granted to Canadian company, First Quantum Minerals

The Panamanian civil society has condemned the contract, claiming that it threatens national sovereignty, attacks Indigenous communities’ rights, and harms the environment

Saúl Méndez, general secretary of the Single Union of Construction Workers, denounced that the Laurentino Cortizo government has failed to comply with various agreements reached in negotiations

The organizations which called for the national strike recently signed two agreements to increase the public education budget and to establish price caps for medicines

The social organizations and trade unions, which called for the ongoing national strike in Panama, have signed an agreement with the right-wing government to reduce and freeze the price of fuel at USD 3.25 per gallon

After almost a month of national strike against the high cost of living, peoples’ movements win the reduction of the cost of essentials by 30%

Panamanian movements have called for the government to sit down in negotiations with the mobilized sectors and listen to their demands.

For the past three weeks, tens of thousands of Panamanians have been mobilizing in rejection of the cost of living crisis and lack of government support for the poor

The protest actions against the increase in cost of living have continued for three weeks as the government has failed to give any concrete solutions

The protests began on July 1 after the government showed no interest in addressing the issue or meeting with activists for negotiations to solve the crisis.