Photo credit: Anti-government protesters march against a law, which overhauls the social security agency, and the recently signed Panama-U.S. memorandum concerning the Panama Canal, in Santiago, Panama, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
For three weeks Panama has been on an “indefinite national strike” called by unions of teachers, university students, workers, environmentalists, and peasant and indigenous communities. Their 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 an environmentally-destructive mine
- the fight for environmental defense against the reservoir on the Río Indio.
Source: https://aplaneta.org/more-than-15-days-of-indefinite-national-strike-in-panama/
For an update and great photos:
https://apnews.com/article/panama-protests-mulino-canal-reservoir-pension-reform-c06893a581cc524243c59b4b1759162d