Muñeco de la Mafia – How long does Martinelli have?

After initially accusing the PRD, president Martinelli today blamed "communists" and "Panamanian anarchists" for being behind a "defamatory campaign" linking him with money laundering and drug trafficking. Further ... More »

Stop dreaming: Martinelli can’t and won’t stop crime

Today in Panama City a "Peace March" was being held, and president Martinelli, just back from Spain, promised there that he would finish off violent crime in three ... More »

Reuters forgets something in Panama political risk analysis

Reuters published its FACTBOX- Key political risks to watch in Panama today, and it's worth a read, but they're overlooking a major risk factor for anyone who wants ... More »

On Saturday 22 May 2010
In Corruption
Tag analysis business Corruption legal system panama political influence political risk reuters risk unprofessional
With 1 Comment

Panas and Ticos rally around elpais.cr

Just as we predicted, Martinelli's capricious stupidity to waste taxpayer money and file criminal charges in Costa Rica against online paper El País is already backfiring majestically. International news ... More »

On Thursday 20 May 2010
In Politics
Tag canal commenters costa rica dpa efe el pais martinelli security stupidity support
With 1 Comment

Martinelli will also sue Pat Buchanan, Bill Clinton, others

Panama's president Ricardo Martinelli is making headlines with an initiative to press for criminal charges in Costa Rica against online publication El País. According to Martinelli and Jimmy ... More »

On Thursday 20 May 2010
In Wacky
Tag bill clinton canal communist china control criminal charges martinelli pat buchanan
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Mulino hides behind pseudo-procurador in deadly corruption case

José Raúl Mulino, minister of government and justice, gave a press conference today to defend himself against allegations of corruption by his closest advisor, Eduardo Alfaro. A legislator of ... More »

On Thursday 20 May 2010
In Corruption
Tag child prostitution Corruption eduardo alfaro guiseppe bonissi javier justiniani madama thonya marco gonzalez martinelli mulino murder ricardo bilonick sinaloa cartel
With 1 Comment

Update: Inmates win battle – Government loses control over La Joya prison

Just days after appointing a former Noriega military goon, Luis Donadío, as the director of the prison system, the La Joya prison has been taken over by inmates. ... More »

On Thursday 20 May 2010
In Politics
Tag Corruption hunger strike la joya mulino out of control prison uprising
With 1 Comment

Desperate Martinelli takes the bait, files wacky libel complaint

The best you can hope for, if you're in the news business, when exposing fraud artists, corrupt politicians, drug traffickers and money laundering presidents is that they panic ... More »

On Wednesday 19 May 2010
In Corruption
Tag defamation el pais hook line sinker martinelli money laundering national security neutrality panama canal
With 2 Comments

Monsanto sees Haiti misery as opportunity to push seeds

From WIP TALK: “A new earthquake” is what peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the news that Monsanto will be donating ... More »

On Wednesday 19 May 2010
In Bolivar's Telegraph
Tag haiti monsanto neoliberalism pesticides profiteering seeds
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Mulino, his advisor, the narcos and murder

President Martinelli is not the only one in our government who hasn't been able to refute allegations of all sorts of ties with drug trafficking and money laundering; ... More »

On Wednesday 19 May 2010
In Corruption
Tag Corruption eduardo alfaro justiniani mulino murder narco
With 2 Comments

Panama ranks low – again – in Human Opportunity Index

Did we say already that we like those indexes, because they always show how Panama, despite all the hype and the neoliberal bullshit, is seriously lagging behind its ... More »

On Monday 17 May 2010
In Bananamismo, Top
Tag human opportunity index low ranking socialism world bank
With 1 Comment

Panama’s “media” disgraced by tiny Costa Rican publication

It says a lot about the state of our media when Panamanians en masse turn to foreign sources to get the news on what's happening in their country. ... More »

On Monday 17 May 2010
In Corruption
Tag Alma Cortes cartels david murcia drug trafficking gioconda de bianchini martinelli corro money laundering ricardo martinelli
With 4 Comments

Varela turns Panama government into drunken circus

Great news in La Prensa today. Many made jokes saying that Martinelli is running our country as if it were a supermarket, and now this turns out to ... More »

On Monday 17 May 2010
In Corruption
Tag Corruption embassy hermanos varela martinelli nepotism ron abuelo seco spain supermarket varela
With 3 Comments

Conspiracy to overthrow Martinelli

Our Minister of Commerce and Industry, Roberto Henríquez, doesn't just look like a has-been ballroom dancer; he is always good for bizarre quotes too. So we just love ... More »

On Saturday 15 May 2010
In Corruption
Tag conspiracy coup drugs maleantes de mierda martinelli money laundering narco roberto henriquez
With 3 Comments

The Cinta Costera shakedown

The government is now going against free news gathering in parts of Panama City. A couple of days ago, TVN was removed from the area while they were ... More »

On Thursday 13 May 2010
In Corruption
Tag cinta costera Corruption dutch filming press freedom spi tv tvn
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