Panama has declared an emergency in its main banana-producing region, after shops were looted and buildings vandalised in ongoing protests over a pension reform.
The government says constitutional rights will be suspended for the next five days in the north-western Bocas del Toro province.
The measure restricts freedom of movement and allows the police to make arrests without a warrant.
Troubles in the region began a month ago, when the local banana workers union joined a nationwide protest against proposed pension cuts and declared a strike.
For those unaware, Chiquita recently laid off literally everyone involved in their production in this region due to the labor dispute. They were the primary economic driver of that entire region and employed most of the people, who’s income supported everything else. The region is majorly destabilizing and viciously collapsing in on itself
Can’t they keep working the land and just sell their bananas somewhere else?
They don’t own the land.
They don’t own the equipment.
True, but if Chiquita wants to throw a wrench into the capitalist social contract, then that sounds like a seize the means of production moment.
That’s when the US steps in and kills everyone supporting socialism.
A second time.
Which is why the state legalized kidnapping for five days in regions infected with that mind virus
What now? Who’s kidnapping who?
What do you think “warrentless arrests” means?
The government says constitutional rights will be suspended for the next five days in the north-western Bocas del Toro province.
The measure restricts freedom of movement and allows the police to make arrests without a warrant.