The Other Side of the Blockades in Bocas del Toro: Chiriquí Grande
After President José Raúl Mulino announced he would send a letter to Francisco Smith, general secretary of the Banana Industry...
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The US is Choosing to Replace the Chinese Huawei Telecommunications Towers in Panama, and the Panama Government is Complying
The US is claiming that the tower replacement is necessary to counter China's malign influence. The U.S. Embassy in Panama...
Bocas del Toro: Banana Union Leaders Meet with Panama Representatives in the Assembly
Panama City, Panama: Banana union members from Bocas del Toro met this Tuesday with the board of directors and the six party leaders of...
Crime in Bocas del Toro Panama Featuring Francisco Smith
The position of Francisco Smith, representative of the Union of Workers of the Banana, Agricultural, and Related Companies Industry (Sitraibana),...
Colombian Presidential Candidate Miguel Uribe was Shot During a Political Event in Bogotá
The 39-year-old legislator, a member of the opposition Democratic Center party founded by former President Álvaro Uribe, was immediately taken...
Panama and Colombia Work Together while the United States Invested Millions in the Darien Gap
Since Donald Trump took office in the United States, the Republican has made the migration crisis in the Darien Gap,...
Eight Hours of Rocks, Tear Gas, and Pellets in Arimae Darien with the Emberá Indigenous vs SENAFRONT – Update
At the end of this story, we have a letter from a reader who has a great deal of background...
Unions have called for Continuing Strikes, Protests and Road Closures throughout Panama
If you thought the protests against Law 462, which reforms the Social Security Fund (CSS), had weakened, you're wrong. At a meeting...
Panama Requests India to Join the Canal Neutrality Treaty
Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez requested the Chairman of India's Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, to consider...
Bocas Banana Industry Leader Francisco Smith has a Criminal Complaint Filed Against him for Alleged “Civil Disobedience” in Panama
Amid citizen complaints from various business and social groups over street closures by members of the Banana Industry Workers Union (Sitraibana) in...
Stanley Motta says Bocas del Toro Residents Should Analyze what Employment Options they would have if Chiquita Panama Leaves the Country
Residents of Bocas del Toro , who have continued blocking roads for more than a month and a half, should analyze how...
Courts Revoke Genaro López’s Provisional Detention Ordering him to be Placed Under House Arrest
The Superior Court of Appeals revoked the provisional detention order imposed on Genaro López, leader of the National Union of Construction and Related...
