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More than 15 days of indefinite national strike in Panama

More than 15 days have passed since the indefinite national strike called by different unions of teachers, university students, workers, environmentalists, and peasant and indigenous communities in Panama, whose demands to the government are:

• repeal of Law 462 of the Social Security Fund
• the elimination of the memorandum signed between Panama and the United States
• the non-reopening of the mine
• and the fight for environmental defense against the reservoir on the Río Indio.

This Panamanian scene has also seen the violation of human rights due to dozens of protesters being repressed, detained, and judicially pursued as part of the criminalization of social protest. Hate speech has also been maintained in the media and social networks paid for by the government, the business elite, and the mining companie

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Martin Mantxo (aplaneta.org)

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