All Roads Reopen in Bocas del Toro After an Agreement with Protesters
An agreement allowed for the opening of the section between Pueblo Nuevo Chiriquí Grande and Hornito, Chiriquí.
The section between Pueblo Nuevo and Hornito, the last to remain closed for more than 55 days, was cleared following an agreement between protesters and authorities. Protesters and law enforcement officers also announce an agreement to end the roadblocks in Chiriquí Grande. After intense negotiations between protesters and members of the security forces, an agreement was reached that cleared the road between Pueblo Nuevo, a community in Chiriquí Grande, Bocas del Toro, and Hornito, Gualaca, Chiriquí, the last of the sections affected by the closures in protest against Law 462, which reformed the social security system in Panama.
