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Weekly Report - 1 May 2014 (WR-14-17)
PANAMA: Strikes and protests on eve of elections
Disruptive strikes by teachers and construction workers could tip the balance away from José Domingo Arias, the candidate of President Ricardo Martinelli’s ruling Cambio Democrático (CD), in the 4 May general elections. Polls suggest that very little separates Arias from his two opposition rivals, Juan Carlos Navarro and Juan Carlos Varela. With slightly odd timing the police also chose this week to dislodge indigenous activists from the banks of a river in the province of Chiriquí, where they have camped for several months to protest against the construction of a nearby hydroelectric dam, triggering violent clashes.
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