Teachers march on National  Assembly after talks collapse

Hundreds of teachers protested at the National Assembly on Thursday after their unions decreed an indefinite strike following the collapse of the dialogue table set up by the Minister of Education, Maruja Gorday, in the province of Veraguas.

The teachers point out that there were no direct answers to their requests about the freezing of fuel prices and the high cost of the basic food basket, and claim that the government “did not come” with proposals. The general secretary of the Veragüenses Association of Educators (Aeve), Luis Arturo Sánchez, explained to the press that the authorities set a condition to lower the cost of fuel,  the elimination of some social programs of the State.