Panamanians: ‘With Our Dignity High, No Repression Can Stop Us’
Despite the government’s forecasts (and hopes), the strike seems to have grown more intense as the days have gone by. Groups of unionized workers, students, Indigenous people, agricultural workers, teachers, etc., have called for massive mobilizations in the last few days against the Mulino government, which has reported that at least 480 roads have been closed by the demonstrators.
The resistance of the striking workers has drawn many sympathizers into the streets to join the protests against the government. Road closures have become one way the demonstrators have found to pressure the government and the economic groups that sponsor it (especially the banana industry, the country’s main export product), thus hindering trade and the free transit of goods.
