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Added on the 25/08/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Panaman police fire tear gas at demonstrators who block roads in the outskirts of the capital Panama City in protest against a mining contract signed by the government with Canadian company First Quantum Minerals to manage the biggest mine in Central America. IMAGES
Panama City, Oct 6 (EFE).- Hundreds of people and activists from different organizations took to the streets again on Wednesday to protest against the electoral reform being carried out by the Panamanian Parliament.Panamanians gathered to reject the 'undemocratic' changes approved by the deputies of Parliament to an electoral reform project agreed for months by a national commission. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS). SHOT LIST: CITIZENS AND ACTIVISTS FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS PROTEST AGAINST THE ELECTORAL REFORM, ON CALLE 50 IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
Panama City, Sep 28 (EFE).- Labor unions in Panama protested Tuesday outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Labor and Professional Development (Mitradel) to demand the review of the minimum wage every two years and to ask for the increase of the salary since " the cost of living in the country has increased"."We demand the appointment of the minimum wage commission to discuss what the next two years will be like, as established by our Constitution and Labor Code," the general secretary of the National Confederation of United Independent Unions (Conusi), Genaro López, told EFE. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS). SHOT LIST: WORKERS AND LABOR UNIONS PROTEST TO DEMAND HIGHER SALARY IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
Panama City, Sep 23 (EFE).- Hundreds of Panamanians on Thursday demonstrated again on Thursday to reject the changes applied by the deputies to a project of reform to the electoral law agreed upon for months by a national commission. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN A DEMONSTRATION IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
Panama City, Sep 22 (EFE).- Members of unions and social movements marched on Wednesday in Panama City in to demand an end to corruption and decent wages in the country, hard hit by unemployment and informality in the midst of the crisis derived from the pandemic. About 2,000 people, according to preliminary data from the Ombudsman’s Office, marched from the historic Parque Porras to the surroundings of the Panama Assembly (AN, Parliament) carrying banners and singing chants against the Government and corruption. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS). SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF UNIONS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OF PANAMA, MARCH TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN PROTEST AGAINST THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES DERIVED FROM THE PANDEMIC IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.