Forwarded from Ice Age Farmer
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Three weeks of continuous demonstrations and road blockades to protest high fuel and food costs in Panama have begun to cause shortages of some food products, fuel and medicine.
The closures, including of the Pan-American Highway, have forced the national electric company to ration electricity in Darien province, which borders Colombia. Tankers carrying gas to run the power generation plant cannot arrive. Some 7,000 families have been affected by the reduction of electricity to 11 hours daily.
In Panama’s main wholesale market that supplies both supermarkets and individual consumers, there was little foot traffic Wednesday. Display tables usually stacked high with produce had far less on offer. Some vegetables like lettuce and tomatos, in particular, were in short supply.
#Panama
The closures, including of the Pan-American Highway, have forced the national electric company to ration electricity in Darien province, which borders Colombia. Tankers carrying gas to run the power generation plant cannot arrive. Some 7,000 families have been affected by the reduction of electricity to 11 hours daily.
In Panama’s main wholesale market that supplies both supermarkets and individual consumers, there was little foot traffic Wednesday. Display tables usually stacked high with produce had far less on offer. Some vegetables like lettuce and tomatos, in particular, were in short supply.
#Panama
🇵🇦The Silent Invasion of Panama? Trump Said that the US Would Reclaim the Panama Canal
US aggression in Panama is following a blueprint to reclaim its “backyard” since China is wining influence and trade among Latin American nations. This is an insult to Panama, in fact, it’s an #imperialist move that signifies that the #Trump regime does not respect the sovereignty of the Panamanian people. This brings back the horrible memories of the US invasion of Panama on December 20, 1989 that resulted in hundreds, some estimates say, thousands of people dead.
@gr_crg
#USEmpire #Panama #CentralAmerica #US #MonroeDoctrine
US aggression in Panama is following a blueprint to reclaim its “backyard” since China is wining influence and trade among Latin American nations. This is an insult to Panama, in fact, it’s an #imperialist move that signifies that the #Trump regime does not respect the sovereignty of the Panamanian people. This brings back the horrible memories of the US invasion of Panama on December 20, 1989 that resulted in hundreds, some estimates say, thousands of people dead.
@gr_crg
#USEmpire #Panama #CentralAmerica #US #MonroeDoctrine