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Chiquita is considering to exit Panama

Chiquita is considering to exit Panama

Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, who seeks to return to power in 2024, has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for money laundering

The dilemma Today, it was people who have been cut off of food assistance blocking the Pan-American Highway near Aguadulce. Yesterday, it was onion farmers left out of the crop buyout program blocking the Pan-American Highway near Nata. Tomorrow, most of the Panama Canal unions will be marching to the Presidencia over their grievances. On Monday, the headline in La Prensa was a nearly $1 billion government deficit for the first three months of this year, with the government payroll up and publi...

April 23 , 2021 The strike by Chiquita banana farmworkers in Panama that began in early April due to the company installing security cameras has now ended, according to local news reports. Operations on the farms and in the packhouses were paralyzed for more than 16 days in the province of Bocas del Toro after the Banana Industry Workers Union (SITRAIBANA) called for industrial action. The workers rejected the installation of security cameras in the plantations and packhouses, with many saying...