Small child: “Grandpa, tell us about the banana wars again!”

Old man: “The year was 2026, that was before 3D-printed food…”

I’m obviously siding with the strikers here. This state of emergency is totally bananas.

There was a Banana Republic just like ex slaves in America were paid in plantation money. Indentured servitude or 13th amendment. The culture still persists in Panama.

Troubles in the region began a month ago, when the local banana workers union joined a nationwide protest against proposed pension cuts and declared a strike.

In Bocas del Toro, the unrest has been largely led by workers at a Chiquita Brands banana plantation.

Banana workers get pensions these days? Wow Chiquita has really let itself go hasn’t it.

There’s a lot of unrest in my banana region.

…Sorry