Obama wants Panama in Colombian war
Frank Mora, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs, said that Panama can not stay out of Colombia's problems with drug trafficking and guerrilla, ...
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“Maleantes de mierda”, anyone?
El Panama America reports today that it's not just police chief Gustavo Perez himself who was thrown out of the military because he took civilian hostages - among ...
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Now YOU can be a Panama expert on crime too!
So, how do you become an expert on crime in Panama for fun and profit? Easy. First, you buy yourself a klepto-suit. If you don't know what that ...
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updated: SUNTRACS can’t lose in frontal clash with Panama government
Exactly as we predicted, the conflict between SUNTRACS and the government is evolving into a full blast war. SUNTRACS announced that starting next Monday they will hold constant ...
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US ambassador apologizes for continued high demand for drugs
The US ambassador in Panama, Barbara Stephenson, apologized yesterday for the burden the continued high demand in her country for illicit drugs places on Panamanian society.
Noting that drug ...
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Martinelli’s mental issues may cost Panama millions
Our beloved president Ricardo Martinelli is trying to do a political version of the famous Leonard - Duran II boxing match which, as you may remember, ended with ...
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Ex-police chief Mirones slams minister Mulino about FARC
Former chief of the National Police Rolando A. Mirones Jr. launched some strong criticism against minister of government and justice Raul Mulino for his attitude towards the presence ...
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SUNTRACS: “Police only good for repression”
Construction workers union SUNTRACS held a press conference and alleged that the rights of arrested protesters have been violated and that many have been arrested who had nothing ...
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Failed developers/arms traffickers hire scam pimp
As a real estate developer, one has to be a true mega-loser to screw up two of your three projects and then hire Don Winner to manage the ...
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Martinelli faces legitimacy crisis
Expanding on our previous post, (see also: "Who are the real maleantes de mierda?") it seems that the coherence of the government is rapidly deteriorating under ongoing pressure ...
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Can Panama’s civil society actually win battles?
Our racist ("we don't need Africans here") minister of government and justice, Raul Mulino, threw a fit last week when confronted with members of labor union SUNTRACS blocking ...
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Papadimitriu contracts a swiftboater and hangs out with former Karl Rove deputy
Remember George W. Bush, that guy who was president of the USA before Hopey took office? Yes, that one. Most hated US president worldwide ever. Worst president in ...
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Panama politicians discover the legal system
Panama's enlightened political class has a new hobby: They're all filing criminal complaints against each other and starting suing rings. In what would be best described as the ...
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Martinelli kicks people out of their homes to please speculators
In case you wondered; this is what "Panama is open for business" looks like. La Prensa today has a story about families being kicked out of their homes ...
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From Afghanistan comes the solution to Martinelli’s “free internet” national spy system
Martinelli promised to bring the whole country online by building a free nationwide wireless internet access service, but what he's really constructing is a massive system to spy ...
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