Panama has declared an emergency in its main banana-producing region, after shops were looted and buildings vandalised in ongoing protests over a pension reform.
The government says constitutional rights will be suspended for the next five days in the north-western Bocas del Toro province.
The measure restricts freedom of movement and allows the police to make arrests without a warrant.
Troubles in the region began a month ago, when the local banana workers union joined a nationwide protest against proposed pension cuts and declared a strike.
It is telling that the only direct quote in the article comes from the side of the state, not from the side of the workers.
Journalists, do a better job. Report on people’s view, not company’s point of view of things.