Can Panama’s civil society actually win battles? (2)
About two weeks ago we wrote a bit about that question and offered our insights on what would be needed to really organize Panama's civil society.
Well, we went ...
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Bananama in pics
Panama is open for business (2): Government: “Contract? What contract?”
We keep hearing TONS of Martinelli propaganda about how Panama is open for business. He will transform our country into the best place to do business in the ...
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Education sucks as ever and will suck even more
So finally we got a first-hand look at these much talked-about bags the Martinelli government was handing out to pupils unfortunate enough to use the public school system. ...
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Panama about to sign military cooperation agreement with US
Panama is about to sign a military cooperation agreement with the United States that will include the use of the so-called aeronaval bases and military training of Panama's ...
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Panama extremely deadly for pedestrians
New report from the World Health Organization, the Global status report on road safety. And that report shows that as a pedestrian you are in constant danger in ...
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Panama’s national security in the hands of the two dunderheads
Thank God! We were getting worried here in the Bananama Republic newsroom about all these changes. A new secret service, a sort of a homeland security ministry, a ...
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Medical Tourism is a dumb and dangerous fantasy
Every now and then you hear these noises coming out of the tourism industry about how Panama is the next destination for something called "medical tourism". They've been ...
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Congratulations
"Moreover, in our region, the state is not the only source of restrictions on freedom of expression. Another, very important source is the concentration of media ownership in ...
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PRD legislators complain they’re so poor they have to sell their votes
Hora Cero has the scoop: Various PRD legislators have confessed during an internal meeting that they have sold their votes to the government in exchange for funds funneled ...
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Inequality increases in Panama
La Prensa just ran a report quoting the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL). Latin America is the region with the highest inequality in ...
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Papadimitriu, lo más grocero
LOS GROCEROS SOMOS MÁS
It's almost every day now that we can read evidence in the press that we have a government full of people who can't behave maturely ...
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Live blogging CIDH hearing about justice in Panama
The hearing at the Inter American Commission for Human Rights of the Organization of American States about justice in Panama to us seemed like a good opportunity to ...
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Panama goes to Washington with gallery of rogues
Today, Panama has to appear before the Inter American Comission for Human Rights which is holding a hearing on the way the justice system is being managed by ...
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Government scared shitless by left
Because Panama has a government of the far right with Karl Rove flunkies on its payroll, its members are in a state of constant mortal fear for anything ...
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Panama, a racist nation
PANAMA SLAMMED IN UN REPORT
When minister of government and justice Raul Mulino uttered racist comments about Somali victims of human trafficking who had washed ashore in Panama, it ...
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