Panama urges unions to lift road blockades to resolve the Chiquita Brands banana strike, which has led to 5,000 layoffs, ...

The suspension of classes, the protests, and the closures, in the province of Bocas del Toro have created a criti ...

Panama City Mayor Mayer Mizrachi pitched the idea of giving perks to ships passing through the Panama Canal if they pay in ...

The global banana company Chiquita has sacked thousands of Panamanian plantation workers after they went on strike to protest a new law curtailing their pension rights. After workers began blockading ...

Chiquita has confirmed the banana giant has laid off its workers in Panama and suspended operations there due to strike ...

Panama declares a state of emergency in Bocas del Toro after Chiquita Brands fires 5,000 workers over a month-long strike ...

The declaration comes after U.S. banana giant Chiquita Brands laid off about 5,000 workers following a strike that had ...

The Panamanian government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in one province after US banana giant Chiquita Brands laid ...

The decision came after the “unjustified abandonment of work at our plantations and operational centers since April 28, which ...

President Jose Raul Mulino, whose changes to social security laws prompted the protest, called the strike ‘illegal’.

Banana producer Chiquita on Thursday announced it would lay off thousands of workers in Panama, following what it called ...

Banana giant Chiquita Brands has fired its workers in Panama who have been out on strike for more than three weeks as part of nationwide protests against reforms to the social security system ...