Anti-government protests have impacted the major banana-producing region of Bocas del Toro (ASBEL LLORENT)

Panama cuts internet, cell phones in restive province

Panamanian authorities on Saturday partially suspended internet and mobile phone service in a western province where a state of emergency was in effect after two months of anti-government unrest. Right-wing President Jose Raul Mulino declared the emergency on Friday, suspending freedom of assembly and movement in Bocas del Toro province, where protesters have set up…

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