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State of Emergency · Panama

Panama's president appeals to a higher power as nearly 2 months of protests roil nation

45% Center coverage: 22 sources

Panama’s José Raúl Mulino appealed to a higher power on Friday, calling in an archbishop and a rabbi to deliver a message to striking banana workers after nearly two months of social protest that have roiled the country. Mulino has said he won’t reverse controversial changes to Panama’s social security system, courts have deemed the strike illegal and top banana Chiquita Brands fired nearly 5,000 striking workers last month in Panama’s western Bocas del Toro province.Panama Politics · Panama See the Story

Panama will allow controversial mine to export already mined copper to fund maintenance

48% Center coverage: 50 sources

Panama will allow a controversial mine that was closed after months of protests to export more than 120,000 tons of already mined copper concentrate to pay the costs of maintaining the inactive mine site, government officials announced Friday. Opposition to the massive copper mine led to some of Panama’s most widespread protests in recent years before the country’s Supreme Court rejected a deal that allowed a Canadian company to operate it.Panama Politics · Panama See the Story

Leader of powerful Panamanian union scales embassy wall, requests asylum from Bolivia

44% Left coverage: 9 sources

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Planned water reserve intended to ease shortages in the Panama Canal fuels river protest

67% Left coverage: 9 sources

Dozens of boats carrying around 200 people, mostly farmers waving Panamanian flags, traveled along the country’s central Indio River on Friday to protest a planned reservoir in the Panama Canal intended to solve water shortages in the waterway that have threatened international trade flow.Panama Politics · Panama See the Story

China warns Panama ports deal firms to 'proceed with caution'

62% Center coverage: 13 sources

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Former Panamanian president Martinelli leaves Nicaraguan embassy for asylum in Colombia

39% Center coverage: 77 sources

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Panama president says he will not renegotiate security deal with US, despite protests

56% Center coverage: 9 sources

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Thousands march over concern Panama bending to US government

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Panama declares emergency in western province after deadly pension protests

Panama and Venezuela to restore consular services in each other’s countries

The Guna People Flee the Rising Sea Level

Panama's president appeals to a higher power as nearly 2 months of protests roil nation

Panama will allow controversial mine to export already mined copper to fund maintenance

Leader of powerful Panamanian union scales embassy wall, requests asylum from Bolivia

Planned water reserve intended to ease shortages in the Panama Canal fuels river protest

China warns Panama ports deal firms to 'proceed with caution'

Former Panamanian president Martinelli leaves Nicaraguan embassy for asylum in Colombia

Panama president says he will not renegotiate security deal with US, despite protests

Thousands march over concern Panama bending to US government

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