'State of emergency' in Panamanian province as Chiquita fires thousands
by editors@theworld.org (Joyce Hackel) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6XMB4)
The global banana company Chiquita has sacked thousands of Panamanian plantation workers after they went on strike to protest a new law curtailing their pension rights. After workers began blockading the Pan-American highway, Panama's government declared a state of emergency in the province of Bocas del Toro. The World's Marco Werman discusses the implications with Panamanian political analyst Rodrigo Noriega.