AP PHOTOS: Protests in Panama enter third week, challenging President Mulino

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Demonstrators travel by river to the mouth of the Rio Indio on Panama’s Caribbean coast to protest a planned reservoir for the Panama Cana on Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Demonstrators travel by river to the mouth of the Rio Indio on Panama’s Caribbean coast to protest against a planned reservoir for the Panama Canal and to protest against Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Children play soccer as demonstrators protest a planned reservoir for the Panama Canal at the mouth of the Indio River on Panama’s Caribbean coast, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Demonstrators protest a planned reservoir for the Panama Canal at the mouth of the Indio River on Panama’s Caribbean coast, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Police fire tear gas to break up a blockade on the Pan-American Highway set up by anti-government protesters opposing social security reforms and a Panama-U.S. memorandum concerning the Panama Canal, in El Piro, Panama, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Anti-government demonstrators block a road to protest against social security reforms and a Panama-U.S. memorandum concerning the Panama Canal, in El Piro, Panama, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Vehicles back up on the Pan-American Highway, blocked by anti-government protesters opposing social security reforms and a Panama-U.S. memorandum concerning the Panama Canal, in El Piro, Panama, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Anti-government demonstrators block a highway to protest the recently signed Panama-U.S. memorandum concerning the Panama Canal and a law that overhauls the social security agency, in Santiago, Panama, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Police stand on the Pan-American Highway after clearing a blockaid by anti-government protesters opposing social security reforms and a Panama-U.S. memorandum concerning the Panama Canal, in El Piro, Panama, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Police clear the Pan-American Highway, which had been blocked by anti-government protesters opposing social security reforms and a Panama-U.S. memorandum concerning the Panama Canal, in El Piro, Panama, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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A driver leans on his vehicle as traffic backs up on the Pan-American Highway, blocked by anti-government protesters opposing social security reforms and a Panama-U.S. memorandum concerning the Panama Canal, in El Piro, Panama, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Police clear a highway blocked by anti-government demonstrators protesting the recently signed Panama-U.S. memorandum concerning the Panama Canal and a law that overhauls the social security agency, in Santiago, Panama, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Anti-government protesters march against a law, which overhauls the social security agency, and the recently signed Panama-U.S. memorandum concerning the Panama Canal, in Santiago, Panama, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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A woman protests the Panamanian government’s decision to sign an agreement with the United States that demonstrators deem at odds with their sovereignty, in Panama City, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Students and teachers protest the government’s decision to sign a memorandum of understanding on security cooperation with the U.S. that they believe violates their nation’s sovereignty in Panama City, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

By MATIAS DELACROIX

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Protests in Panama have entered their third week, challenging several recent actions by President José Raúl Mulino.

Demonstrators are opposing a recently enacted law that overhauled the country’s pension system, a security memorandum of understanding signed with the United States that critics say undermines Panama’s sovereignty over the canal, and plans to build a new reservoir on the Indio River to supply water for the Panama Canal’s locks.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.