Politics
Protests in Spain against Martinelli
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On top of protests all over Panama, labor unions in Spain marched in front of Panama's consulate in Barcelona, which is headed by a nephew of our First Lady in good nepotist fashion.
Bananamismo
Martinelli turns baby killer
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As a result of the police shooting tear gas grenades into homes, an 8 months old baby has died of respiratory problems. The child could not be brought to a medical facility because of the violent situation in the streets.
Politics
Police assassinates protesters, more journalists arrested, orders to capture labor leaders in Panama war zone
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Police in Bocas kills four and wounds tens of unarmed protesters; trying to arrest union leaders for "disrespecting the president"; more journalists arrested in accelerating repression in Panama.
Politics
Martinelli loses grasp of reality
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While Martinelli was doing imitations of Charlie Chaplin playing Hitler, the protest march that was held in the real world was entirely peaceful, and the biggest of such events since those held against Martin Torrijos's social security reforms, about five years ago.
Corruption
Protests in the streets, chaos in the government, consumer boycott and another “lobster law”
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Infighting in the government, unions and environmentalists call for consumer boycott of Super99, daily protest marches, "sausage law" unites Chamber of Commerce and SUNTRACS in their rejection of it, new "lobster law" presented and more to come.
Politics
Police beats up and teargases protesters to facilitate Grupo Cuerva dam
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Police teargassed and arrested activists in Chiriqui to facilitate a hydroelectric dam to be built by neo-colonial Spanish Grupo Cuerva.
Politics
Legisladrones insist on Cuba style anti-protest law
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Panama's corrupt legislators want to make protesting a crime, just like in Cuba. But they don't really know what they're getting themselves into....
canal expansion
HSBC Panama Asked for Repression of Protesters
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HSBC Panama secretly pushed for police forces using violence to squash protests against the Canal expansion project.