 Braving violent repression, the people of Panama continue their struggle demanding a solution to the cost of living crisis. The national strike, which began on July 1st by Panamanian social movements, has seen major roadblocks and protest demonstrations against the apathy of the national government of President Laurentino Cortiso. Weeks before the strike began, organizations had presented the government with a list of 32 demands that addressed the grave economic, political, and social crises in the country. On Tuesday, July 19th, the representatives of various popular movements and social organizations had arrived in the city of Penino May to participate in a negotiation with the government. The meeting, mediated by the Catholic Church, was aimed at finding a solution to the growing crisis in the country. However, the negotiations were suspended after the government unleashed violent repression against protesters in the Veraguest province. The People United for Life Alliance, the National Alliance for the Rights of Organized People, and the indigenous organizations from the Inigabi-Bugle region, who were set to take part in the negotiations, strongly denounced the repression. About half an hour before the dialogue process had set to begin, the anti-riot units brutally repressed protesters who had blocked the Inter-American Highway for the past three weeks. Security officials forcibly cleared the highway using tear gas, pepper spray, and pellets to disperse the crowd. In the incident, scores of protesters were injured, and at least seven were arrested. Nevertheless, within hours following the repression, protesters returned to block the road. Additionally, in the evening, a large number of people arrived in Santiago to support the closure of the Inter-American Highway and joined the blockade. Well, from Panama we can inform that the dangerous forces that have been fighting in the highway are gathered, they are dialoguing, exchanging proposals, technical support to be able to, from here, be able to be with the government and to give them a confident way of dealing with what has been agreed on, the decrease in freezing the prices, the fuel, the basic fuel, the electrical energy, the issue, the security, the issue of the Inter-American Highway for the end of the year, in addition to these issues, the corruption, in that it is being talked about among the belligerent social forces that we are in Panama, against the impositions of this government and everything that has happened. From there, there are still repressions, unfortunately, the police, the unit, the control of the crowd continues to attack the Panamanian people. The Panamanian people have not been allowed to continue to resist and will continue to resist while there is no effective response to get out of this crisis, a crisis provoked by the economic and neoliberal model of the capitalist system, a structural issue. It is a issue that, as we have said, takes away the power to make it rich, and that is also fighting in the streets, because it is not supported, and as we say in Panama, this is no longer able to stand, and that is why people are in the streets. But we continue in the dialogue and waiting for the government, when it is time to sit down, we will be able to make it feel there is an immediate effective response. On July 20th, as the organizations waited for the dialogue process to begin with the government, they announced the opening of humanitarian corridors, which were agreed upon through dialogue with agricultural producers to allow the circulation of food products and fuel to communities across the country. The Alliance of the United People for Life has opened the way here at the point of popular resistance of San Felix Chiriquí to proceed with the humanitarian aid set up in the dialogue table, which was carried out and is carried out between the different actors and the popular uprising. Part of humanitarian aid is the circulation, because we understand that it is necessary that the Panamanian people also be able to receive the effects of food, fuel, medicine, among other things, other necessities. We know that this is a struggle that has repercussions for our people, but we are trying to resolve this situation.