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Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino had said earlier Thursday that the strike was illegal and included some 5,000 workers.

“Unfortunately, following the unjustified abandonment of work at our plantations and operations centers since April 28 and continuing today, (the company) has proceeded with the termination of all of our daily workers,” the company said in a statement. It said the company had suffered losses of at least $75 million.

Protests marches and occasional roadblocks have stretched from one end of the country to the other as teachers, construction workers and other unions expressed their rejection to changes the government said were necessary to keep the social security system solvent.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Not a CEO, he's the president of Panama.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Sorry, had my Dole goggles on, all I could see was money and I became disoriented for a second.

Why do I feel like every time when I put these Dole goggles on, when I take them off I am always digging shallow graves for piles of bodies for some reason?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Dear fellow Netizen, astute observer of events, and elegant writer, might this "digging"/"piles of bodies" you're referring to have anything to do with what effectively amount to war crimes committed by Chiquita leadership against people via murderous paramilitary death squads some while back?

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/18/nx-s1-5003768/chiquita-is-ordered-to-pay-millions-to-families-of-death-squad-victims-in-colombia

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Oh that is horrible and totally against my values!

puts Dole goggles on again in apparent contradiction to the last words out of my mouth

What is it about people in Central America and their culture that makes them so unwilling to work hard like the rest of us? I think we need to impress upon them a more 'Murican work ethic for their own good. Look at how much of a mess their country is and they all want to come here anyways because they are jealous of the kind of society hardworking white christians made.

takes off Dole goggles again

It is just too bad tragedies happen all over the world sigh

/s

...in case the anger at my own country, the US, for causing so much harm to Panama, Guatemala and other countries in the region didn't come through properly.

For more context check out the Behind The Bastards episode series "How the U.S.A. Murdered Panama"

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-how-the-usa-murdered-78348443/

Also did I mix up my countries crimes against Hawaiians vs Central Americans with the Dole reference? There are just too many to keep straight oh dear

[–] [email protected] 13 points 21 hours ago

In a banana republic, what's a president but a local representative of the company?