Cortizo intervention is a damp squib as closures continue

While the Government seeks to reach an understanding with protesting organizations road closures continued  Saturday in different parts of the country.

In the early hours of that traffic on the inter-American highway, in eastern Chiriquí, was open allowing some trucks carrying merchandise and fuel to their destinations.

The National Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (IDAAN) confirmed that a truck carrying 16 tons of chlorine gas and chlorine tablets for the provinces of Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro arrived in David.

But, at 7:30 am the road was closed again at some points, such as Horconcito, Tolé, and San Lorenzo.

Closures are reported in sectors of the province of Veraguas such as Santiago and Atalaya. Similarly, the interruption of traffic is recorded in Capira and Chame, both districts of West Panama.

In eastern Panama, the passage over the Pacora river bridge was opened for half an hour, in the early hours of the morning.

In the province of Coclé there was a street closure in the Guias de Oriente

Meanwhile, President Cortizo, together with a commission from his administration, met on Friday night with indigenous leaders to try to reach an agreement, but the protests are still continuing with negotiations are due to resume on Saturday.