Pressure actions continue to freeze the basic basket and reduce the price of medicines


Closures are reported in Chame and Capira, in Chiriquí the inter-American highway was closed again.

Pressure actions continue to freeze the basic basket and reduce the price of medicines

The closure is maintained in the Chame district. Photo: Courtesy

Despite the progress of the negotiations with the government in the province of Veraguas and in Chiriquí, leaders of Panamá Oeste are still on the warpath, closures are reported in Chame and Capira. They also have a vigil scheduled for this afternoon.

Abdiel Becerra, leader of the Association of Teachers of the Republic of Panama (ASOPROF) affirmed that the freezing of the price of fuel is only one point of all those that have been requested as a reduction in the basic family basket and medicines.

He stressed that this is a people’s struggle and despite the fact that it is Saturday they have scheduled a meeting of leaders at the University of Panama and at 6:00 in the afternoon they will hold a simultaneous vigil at the Don Bosco church, in Calidonia and in the Libertadores park. of the Chorrera. “The fight continues,” he said.

For this Sunday, July 17, a large mass protest is planned in the Cinta Costera, against the high cost of living.



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