Construction Workers Protests in Panama

Construction workers are rioting right outside the hotel I'm staying at in Panama City, Panama.

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[rikrdonirvana]

A contruction worker was killed that week by a policeman.. You wouldnt understand how hard can be work like a slave to feed your family, wishing unemployment to be a myth, while assholes like you are making more money doing nothing... we cant chooce in which bed we wanna sleep.. A gold one or in a wood one... you cant talk about it, cuz you dont understand how hard it could be... assholes.. your day is comming soon.. and them you will see..

[ivdsc1]

Second, when the US were in Panama, they only occupied the Canal Zone, not the whole country (Panama is not only the Canal). The rest of the country has belonged to Panama since 1903.

Finally, knowing that the US only had a 10 km strip of panamanian territory, and Panama got it back. So, I don't think it's intelligent to suggest that Panama is US territory or to think that Panama never belonged to panamanians in the first place.

[ivdsc1]

Are you trying to justify that Panama should be US territory? You should get your facts right!

First of all, when Panama separated from Colombia, US ships didn't even crossed the maritimal border lines. So technically there was not an invasion into colombian territory. Therefore, Colombia gave up Panama, the US didn't TOOK Panama, despite whatever Roosevelt might say.

[waps007]

hahahaha... I have nothing agaist mexican.. but when the US took all that land away from the mexicans they just give up and actully never tried to get it back. Now when the US took the Panama Canal Zone we fought for more than 50 years and never give up till 1974 when the US and Panama sign to get it back we didn't need to go to war or something we use what political people call "Diplomacy" thats how scumbags we are. Now in these days Panama Canal is better than before... how about that

[waps007]

Arvegas you are full of shit in you mini head probably you are an American or a wanna be American I dont know and i dont care..

You are talking about garbage let me tell you something... This happens in every place in the world even in the US.. yes even in the US just in 2007 on may 1 in LA a bunch of mexican were protesting and that was crazyyy.. now the differents are that in Panama actually thing in the long way work out because goberment have tto do something about it... to be continue

[Adrian Osses]

hey i its the safe place in central america, but every country have his problem soo why dont you just ifnd out and you will understand it

[Willnatasha]

You had enough? To begin with, for you to find this clip you had to be looking for something related to Panama.

Although I ignore the reasons of this particular protest - protesting is a civil right and it is democratic in nature... Having said that, protesting is not the problem. The problem is what causes it, and the most grave problem is not to allow people of their entrenched right.... Oh, and when I lived there, the skyline did not look like that... I had enough....

[phreeolo]

im sorry,