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Global Solidarity Webinar: Stories of Resistance from Cuba and Panama 2026-03-16 [BWI]

PSI Condemns Panama's Arbitrary Detention and Deportation of Trade Union Leader 2026-02-02 [PSI]

ITUC condemns arbitrary detention and expulsion of trade union leader 2026-02-02 [ITUC]

SUNTRACS will never be alone! 2025-12-19 [BWI]

FSC-Panama MoU signing: A betrayal of workers, and a forestry scam 2025-11-03 [BWI]

Political persecution against SUNTRACS escalates 2025-10-28 [BWI]

IAMREC 2025: Solidarity Resolution with Panama 2025-10-09 [PSI]

President’s Crackdown on Unions 2025-09-20 [NACLA]

Union Organising is not a Crime: bwi Leads Observation Mission to Panama 2025-08-08 [BWI]

Chiquita lays off remaining day workers 2025-07-22 [Reuters]

Behind the national workers’ strike in Panama: An interview with union leader José Cambra 2025-07-18 [Green Left Weekly]

Sovereignty, Strikes and the Shadow of U.S. Power 2025-07-01 [Code Pink]

Government declares emergency over banana region unrest 2025-06-21 [BBC]

Government crackdown on trade union for defending teachers' rights 2025-06-19 [Education International]

Chiquita Banana Workers’ Strike Ends in Panama After Pension Agreement 2025-06-13 [Tico Times]

Government to Negotiate With Chiquita Workers Amid Widespread Protests 2025-06-08 [Tico Times]

President appeals to a higher power as nearly 2 months of protests roil nation 2025-06-07 [CP]

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Global Labor Justice backs Panama banana strike 2025-06-06 [FreshPlaza]

ITF condemns Panama’s crackdown on union rights, demands immediate release of SUNTRACS leaders 2025-06-06 [ITF]

Chiquita Panama to lay-off remaining workers after management leaves country 2025-06-04 [Reuters]

Chiquita fires 5000 workers with more sackings forecast 2025-06-02 [IUF]

Panama President Demands End to Road Blockades in Chiquita Banana Strike 2025-05-31 [Tico Times]

Justice for SUNTRACS: End the Assault on Trade Union Rights in Panama 2025-05-28 [BWI]

US banana giant Chiquita fires thousands over strike 2025-05-27 [Al-Jazeerah]

Call for Papal intervention as Panama's repression of mass strikes escalates 2025-05-27 [Morning Star]

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Strikes, Marches as Union Chiefs Detained 2025-05-25 [Tico Times]

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National strike holds firm against pension reform, extractivism 2025-05-09 [Green Left Weekly]

Chiquita Panama warns of irreversible losses due to strike 2025-05-07 [Eurofruit]

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Union organising, not a crime! Justice for SUNTRACS! 2025-04-11 [BWI]

ITF and Panama reaffirm commitment to seafarer support 2025-04-03 [ITF]

Activism under threat: union and environmental leaders denounce attacks on rights in Panama 2025-02-18 [Equal Times]

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Activism under threat: union and environmental leaders denounce attacks on rights 2025-02-14 [Equal Times]

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PSI Condemns Panama's Arbitrary Detention and Deportation of Trade Union Leader