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Weekly Report - 14 October 2010 (WR-10-41)
PANAMA: A new hope for the Left
Panama's main umbrella trade union group Frenadeso will form a
political party in the New Year. The move is indicative of the growing emergence
of the union group, galvanised by its victory over the miscalculated attempt by
pro-business President Ricardo Martinelli at weakening the sector through the
controversial 'Law 30' (see sidebar). More long-term Frenadeso's move
is a challenge to the nominally leftist opposition Partido Revolucionario
Democrático (PRD) which, while still Panama's largest party, shows little sign
of recovering from its heavy electoral defeat in May 2009.
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