A deal on fuel prices between Panama’s government and protesters has collapsed.
On Sunday the government agreed to freeze the cost of fuel for three months.
But protesters say they want more concessions.
Indigenous groups angry about fuel and food prices have been blocking a major highway for more than a week.
Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports.
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Blame Putin 🤣
Nada que ver
Indian government saying hard working . Work 12 hours instead of 8 hours .Then only our country develop and reap the fruits of development .
We have 8 hour work days in Panama. Most of these people complaining are rural people who live in informal barter economies and don’t pay any taxes. It’s not that they can’t work formally for real pay, it’s that they don’t want to. They are homesteaders off the grid.
Price of petrol is out of the hands of indigenous people of Panama.
What do you want say ?
I am panamenian
I will wait for someone to say it’s America fault this is happening . In 1..2..3…
Only through militant industrial action can people exert control over the excess of business greed and its co-hort corrupted government and its the same the world over as trade unionists workers and citizens stand in solditarity with the peoples of Panama…Brothers sisters citizens and peoples of Panama you are not alone together we can win this fight to rid finally the world some of the worst of the corrupted influences of the failed western capitalist system…
The poor who act honestly is worth more,
than he who walks the winding roads, even if he were rich.
Does burning those tires really help anything?
As a Panamanian citizen I ask you… What happens when a government abuses it’s power and refuses to serve its people? The people get fed up. I suggest you do some research first and then comment about our countries issues.
@Kiara Rodriguez Is the protest about poor governance or fuel prices?
@Kiara Rodriguez Im part Panamanian and I Agree! BUT! The people of Panama has to make sure they are aware of whats really going on! They have to vote out WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM INFILTRATORS! VOTE IN PANAMANIAN PATRIOTS!
@Errol Michael Phillips Honestly these are only two of a long list of issues that have been ignored for years… The widespread corruption has become unbearable and we are tired.
@Will Thomson You will be surprised how many people know about Panama, the Canal, when it was built, how it was built, and more recently, the Panamanian president who was kidnapped by the USA and thrown in a Miami jail. The question posed by Robert Richard is about current concerns.
People demanding, essentially, free stuff that will be paid for with….their own tax money. All the while hurting the economy and doing no work.
Classic irony.
@Cpt_KatsuragiYour words were easy to read and understand, better than many native English speakers.
If what you said is true, it sounds like it is time for a general uprising that goes far beyond burning tires in the street.
It will be difficult for a society used to corruption to not engage in it once the new people take power, however. Care must be taken in choosing the new leadership.
Well here in indonesia we have the same situation in 1998. Corruption was extremely high and economy crisis was hit us very bad. People (most of them are university students) forced the president to resign. After that we still struggle. Now we can see changes in our life. My point is choose the right leader. I’m proud with my president now.
I see more shortages on the horizon in Panama, then watch prices really go up, especially on the black market.
Like in most countries, the indigenous people and Teachers unions are Communists. In the metropolitan cities, people were happy to get a liberal representative democracy after ousting the Noriega Dictatorship, the attitude in the countryside never changed…. They don’t want freedom and democracy, they want price controls and a nanny state because Carribean culture doesn’t value hard work or personal responsability.
CORRUPCIÓN DEL GOBIERNO DE LADRONES
Comunidad internacional, por favor envíennos armas…
Necesitámos hacerle la guerra a ésta mafia ultraneoliberal y derrocarlos para renovar todo el sistéma político que ya es obsoléto!!🇵🇦🇷🇺💣💥🖐
Tu tienes el arma mas poderosa en tu alma y el espiritu de gerrera. Y contra esa armadura nadie puede….. .llamalo y el vendra…. EL leon de la tribu de yhuda… porque muchisimos lo estamos llamando en veraguas . para que nos nos salve nos libre. De esos lobos . El es el unico que nos puede ayudar. Porque el espiritu de la tribu de yhuda es valentia y no ser covardia. .hay que pelear por lo justo lo honesto lo leal y la verdad . ……
The minimum salary is US$500. The cost of living is US$1,600. There are still children who go to school without shoes, there are schools that are collapsing. I did a project in a high school and the school principal told me that there are 7 students with death threats, they don’t go to school to study but to protect themselves from gangs. They have not paid health professionals, doctors or teachers, Medications that are 60% more expensive than in Colombia, our neighboring country. endless problems we don’t want anything for free only, for the government to stop stealing taxes from us with their high salaries and trips. and we solve social problems together. Panama is a country with a high GDP and social inequality, thanks to corruption. 🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦
I work with companies and there are still contracts for small companies of 500 dollars, in the interior of the country and in the capital. In a supermarket you can charge from 540 to 600 because you will do more functions. Minimum salary if you only have a high school degree, but if you study at the university you can demand more, even so there are professionals charging 700 to 1000 dollars. The information that the government uploads to the internet, not all of it is real.
@Kyle Grant It confirms it in pages of jobs in Panama, not in painted statistics.
@Angie I live here. I am telling you what it is. At least in panama city, might be less outside.
@Kyle Grant entonces es absurdo que no sepas que el salario que le dan a un vendedor en el almacén El Costo es de 540 dólares.
If the Taliban have money problems, why aren’t they extracting lithium from the mine?
Corruption no more. Enough is enough.
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Cannot afford fuel? Try bicycles.
@DENNIS DE MENACE No ideology involved. It’s just a practical interim solution.
Only a few there have a car. Most families never will have one, and it’s rare 1 will ever be able to afford one.
Nearly everyone is poor. Coffee companies rip them off paying only 10 cents per pound that’s sold worldwide. They’re horribly taken advantage of on every level and including their govement
Why? Fuel shouldn’t be as expensive as it is out here… It is not about being able to afford but to pay real price for gas.
@The Madness Why should fuel be cheaper for you than elsewhere?
Not than elsewhere, Panama’s gas prices are absurd… You should really come to Panama for better understanding.
CHINA & THEIR EVIL CRONIES IS BEHIND ALL THIS EVIL CORRUPTION & CHAOS & CRIME AROUND THE WHOLE WORLD TODAY 💔💔💔WAKE UP SHEEPLE & GOATS ..
Witness a Communist Revolution.
D.C. next
The green new deal that starves millions is a cruel sadistic plan directly created by the elites.
Stop the war on gas and coal. Global warming won’t kill us but the government that is controlling
the petroleum and coal is trying to. Get rid of them if they keep pushing this madness.
Pakistan main bhi maashi halaat bohat kharab hain
One people one fight! Poverty exists because politicians allow it to exist, allow those politicians to exist no more!!!!!!!
Sooooo where is the presidente?
Why are they making their situation worse? You can protest without blocking traffic.
I am from Panama, here in Panama things are different, they care less if people just protest, the president wasn’t even here when everything started happening. It is not a battle from a few months ago, it has been many years of abuse. Situation was going to get worse if everyone stayed the same at home, protesting through social media or just going out for a few hours screaming for justice.
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Same as Sri Lanka