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The Jefferson features its own rotting banana in addition to 35 other pieces. The exhibit aims to make audience members consider what qualifies as art by presenting unorthodox works.
A detained demonstrator is loaded into a police vehicle during an operation by the police to clear roadblocks set up by protesters as part of a widespread strike by workers of the Chiquita banana ...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama suspended constitutional protections, including the rights to assemble and of free movement, for five days in its northwestern Bocas del Toro province Friday after two months ...
Panamanian authorities arrested Francisco Smith, leader of the banana workers’ union SITRAIBANA, accusing him of orchestrating road blockades during a six-week strike against Chiquita Brands. The ...
Workers at U.S.-based banana company Chiquita Brands in Panama ended their protests and road blockades on Wednesday after reaching an agreement over pension reforms. The workers had gone on strike on ...
The strike by Chiquita banana workers in Panama came to an end this week (June 11), after the unions SITRAIBANA and SITRAPBI signed an agreement with the Extended Board of Directors of the National ...