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Banana Workers in Panama Reject President’s Demand to End Protests

Workers in Panama at a subsidiary of the U.S.-based banana company Chiquita Brands rejected on Friday President José Raúl Mulino’s demand to reopen roads...

Costa Rica Approves Extradition of Nationals for Drug Trafficking and Terrorism

Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves signed a constitutional reform on Wednesday allowing, for the first time in the country’s history, the extradition of Costa...

Panama Declares State of Emergency After Chiquita Banana Strike

The government of Panama declared a "state of emergency" on Tuesday in a Caribbean province where a subsidiary of U.S.-based banana company Chiquita Brands...

Panama Canal Expansion Faces Resistance from Rural Communities

Magdalena Martínez has always lived on the banks of the Indio River. But her house will be submerged by a new reservoir for the...

Venezuela’s Maduro wins landslide in election boycotted by opposition

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's party swept the board in parliamentary and regional elections that were boycotted by the opposition in protest over his disputed...

El Salvador Journalists Warn of Rising Repression Under Bukele Government

The main journalists' association in El Salvador denounced on Sunday the increase in "persecution" against media outlets and human rights defenders by the government...

China Donates 100 Buses to Nicaragua Amid Ongoing International Sanctions

China donated 100 buses to Nicaragua on Saturday, in a new installment of aid to the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, which...

Panama Faces Strikes, Marches as Union Chiefs Detained

Thousands of people marched in Panama on Friday to protest the arrest of two trade-union leaders who have spearheaded demonstrations against the right-wing government...

Chiquita Panama Fires Thousands Amid Illegal Banana Strike

The Panamanian subsidiary of U.S. banana giant Chiquita Brands announced a mass dismissal of workers on Thursday, nearly a month after a strike that...

Brazilian Photographer Sebastião Salgado Dies at 81

Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, known for his powerful black-and-white images of the Amazon and global conflicts, died on Friday at the age of 81,...

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