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Panama president seeks support for vital Río Indio water project
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino urged member nations at the Mercosur Summit in Buenos Aires, to back the Río Indio ...
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Protests Rise Over Panama Canal’s New Water Project
Panama plans a $1.6B reservoir to combat canal droughts. President Mulino backs the Río Indio project despite protests from ...
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Panama Canal: The Deadliest Construction Project in Modern History
The Panama Canal changed global trade forever, but its creation came at a staggering human cost. Over 400 years of failed ...
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Panamá Rises: Sovereignty, Strikes and the Shadow of U.S. Power
CODEPINK is a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs ...
Panama’s government suspends constitutional rights to suppress worker protests
The right-wing Mulino government has imposed Operation Omega to crack down on working class resistance to austerity measures.
How banana worker strikes over pensions triggered a state of emergency in Panama
Workers have plunged Panama into crisis after the government announced plans to phase out a popular retirement scheme. The ...
The Panama Canal Celebrates Nine Years Of Expansion With An Increase In Transit And Tonnage
The Panama Canal celebrated the ninth anniversary of its expansion Thursday June 26th recording an increase in transits and ...