
Los sectores populares en Panamá se encuentran en huelga desde hace un mes en contra de las políticas del gobierno de José Raúl Mulino.

Panamanian workers have been on strike for over a month against the policies of the José Raúl Mulino government.

The Panamanian workers’ strike enters another week and is gaining more support despite police and judicial pressure from the Mulino government, say the demonstrators.

The measure seeks to repeal Panama’s recently passed pension reform law and oppose the US project to establish military bases in the country.

Following Trump’s statements about his possible intention to “retake” the Panama Canal, several voices in the Central American country have risen against the expansionist pretensions of the new government in Washington.

In a speech given at “AmericaFest” in Arizona, the president-elect stated that the fees charged by Panama were unfair and if they don’t change the US would demand the canal back.

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