Panama: General Strike Rejects Killings, Anti-Labor Laws http://www.zcommunications.org/panama-general-strike-rejects-killings-anti-labor-laws-by-frederico-fuentes

When right-wing billionaire Ricardo Martinelli was elected Panama’s president in May 2009, political commentators heralded it as a sign that Latin Americans were becoming disillusioned with the “pink tide” of progressive and leftist governments...But one year later, the Martinelli government is facing a wave of resistance to its anti-labour and anti-union laws. Resistance has grown in the face of deadly repression.

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