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Chiquita fires thousands of striking banana workers in Panama

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Banana giant Chiquita Brands has fired its workers in Panama who have been out on strike for more than three weeks .

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino had said earlier Thursday that the strike was illegal and included some 5,000 workers.

The company said the company had suffered losses of at least $75 million .

Protests marches and occasional roadblocks have stretched from one end of the country to the other.

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English

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