Banana Workers in Panama Reject President’s Demand to End Protests

Workers in Panama at a subsidiary of the U.S.-based banana company Chiquita Brands rejected on Friday President José Raúl Mulino’s demand to reopen roads they have blocked in protest of a recent pension reform. The company, which laid off 5,000 of its 7,000 employees after more than a month of protests and millions in losses, […]
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#Featured #LatinAmerica #News #Panama

https://ticotimes.net/2025/05/31/banana-workers-in-panama-reject-presidents-demand-to-end-protests

5 american companies struggling because Canadians don't need / want american products.

https://youtu.be/BbSWjK_tL50?si=YqJiPGMfgDtFmXtV

don't bother me, don't destroy the beauty of the nap, u can see i am SNOOZING-- sleepy Sapphire-throated Hummingbird

Australia is looking to regain control of a strategic port from a Chinese company without jeopardizing improved relations with its largest trading partner, China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/29/asia-pacific/politics/australia-panama-china-port/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia #china #panama #us #trade #shipping

NO ONE is considering this offer, you shaved ape with gonorrhea. Go hump the nearest doorknob and leave us alone. #donaldtrump #canada #goldendome #uspoli #cdnpoli #canpoli #usa #trump #maga #gop #51ststate #unitedstates #greenland #panama #mexico

Banaanijätti Chiquita irtisanoi tuhansia työntekijöitään Panamassa – valtio julisti hätätilan

Banaanityöntekijät ovat olleet lakossa Panamassa noin kuukauden ajan. Lakoilla vastustetaan hallituksen hyväksymiä sosiaaliturvajärjestelmän uudistuksia.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20164474

"that stupid ruby-topaz hummingbird will never pose for u but i will so make me famous!" -- sapphire-throated hummingbird

This #Tree Wants to Be Struck by #Lightning
Eighty-five species were struck and 7 survived, but one stood out literally and figuratively: Dipteryx oleifera, a towering species that had been struck nine times, including one tree that had been hit twice and seemed more vigorous. D. oleifera stands about 30% taller than the rest of the trees and has a crown about 50% larger than others, almost as if it is an arboreal lightning rod.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/science/trees-lightning-rainforest.html
https://archive.ph/BjhYN
#Panama #rainforest

Nach Streik: Chiquita will Tausende Arbeiter in Panama entlassen

Seit knapp einem Monat streiken Chiquita-Mitarbeiter in Panama gegen eine Rentenreform in dem mittelamerikanischen Staat. Jetzt will der internationale Bananenproduzent dort fast 5.000 Beschäftige entlassen.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/panama-chiquita-entlassungen-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Auspol #Canada #NewZealand #EU #Europe #UK #Wales #England #Scotland #Ireland #Greenland #Mexico #Panama

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bg5vuqejktlwjgcdsm3jyv73/post/3lppan7nuy22c

Today's bird ID quiz is not a trick question: Many of u can probably name this widespread Neotropical hawk with googly gold goggle eyes in just one try! Feel free to post your guess in the replies, later, I'll come back & reveal the answer.

In a baffling case, capuchin monkeys are caught on camera kidnapping howler monkey babies.

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/-UXoiX

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the infants of another monkey species, seemingly just for kicks. That's what scientists think after watching a bunch of male white-faced capuchin monkeys walking around with baby howler monkeys clinging to their backs. @npr reports:
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/nx-s1-5395983/baby-monkey-kidnappings-capuchin-howler-culture

"while i've heard it said too many times that tickling an orange belly brings good luck, NO, u may not tickle the orange belly" -- Orange-bellied Trogon, a subspecies of Collared Trogon

#bird #Birds #Birding #Trogon #BirdPhotography #Photograph #Wildlife #PhotoMonday ##Fotomontag #NikonZ8 #Panama

Voi p***e tätä aikaa. #Putin hamuaa palasia #Ukraina'sta, #TrumPutin Grönlannin ja palasia #Panama'sta ja nyt tämä. #Grönlanti #Guyana #Venezuela #maailmanpolitiikka #maailmansota
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/15/guyana-venezuela-attack-essquibo

So many berries, so little time...

Bay-breasted Warbler adult

"some people act like they never seen a woodpecker peck wood before..."-- vaguely huffy Cinnamon Woodpecker male

i am still adding photos to my Panama Flickr album here https://www.flickr.com/photos/98553536@N03/albums/72177720325748911

#bird #birds #birding #woodpecker @BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #Photograph #Panama #Soberania #RainForest #Nature #Outdoors

"I noticed that some of your bats were flying around on the top floor, maybe you'd consider letting me pick them off as they exit?" -- perky Bat Falcon

There's a cavity nest near here, I saw him & the girl working on it at a time when I didn't have the camera near at hand...