Panama Farmers Want Their Land Back

March 28, 2016

A group of farmers, whose land was allegedly taken by force by the previous regime to construct hotels to be managed by the Navy, has forcibly entered the land in Panama and are demanding the government to give them their land back.

The farmers, and their families have however been surrounded by police and Navy as they continued to sit in protest demanding for their lands. During the run up to the presidential election, President Maithripala Sirisena promised to give back the land to these farmers, however even though it is over a year, he has now kept his pledge, it is learnt.

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