Fake pineapple drug video hurting Panama
A video showing a shipment of pineapples contaminated with drugs in Spain and carrying the “Panama Exports” label is one of the first dirty tricks in the upcoming election campaign according to Panama’s export sector.
At a Wednesday, July 4 press conference Rosmer Jurado, president of the Panama Exporters Association (Apex) pointed out that Panama does not export to that destination and said that the dirty campaign was harming exporters and the country brand Panama Exports.
He said that the video circulating on social networks showing the seizure of a drug contaminated pineapple shipment with the Panama Exporta seal is false.
“In a pre-election year these dirty campaigns arise, but the damage is not done to the existing government but to the export sector that in recent years has been struggling to get ahead,” said Jurado
Agricultural authorities have warned that this type of “dirty” campaign damages
the image of Panama, and of Panamanian exporters and producers, and negatively impacts the country’s economy and the generation of jobs in this sector