Panama vs. High Cost of
Living
The National Front for
the Defense of Social
Rights (FRENADESO)
called for a rally in
this capital Thursday
against the high cost of
living and to demand
other popular
recoveries.
FRENADESO director Saul
Mendez stated the
protest will also be
against the sale of
rivers, beaches and
islands, rising energy
prices, and reject a
free trade agreement
with United States.
"It is not possible they
are auctioning off our
rivers, beaches and
islands, and we have
realized they have sold
to drug traffickers,"
said Mendez.
The leader of the
powerful Single
Construction and Similar
Trade Union added that
it is not also possible
to increase
indiscriminately the
price of rice,
electricity and
gasoline.
The call to protest
coincides with the
publication of the
recent rate of the basic
food price, which
reached $226 in August,
against $206 in the same
month of the last year. |
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