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FARC in Panama, well, duh – Uribe says Martinelli talks shit

Lots of stories these days about supposed agreements between the governments of Mireya Moscoso and Martin Torrijos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Martinelli - himself ... More »

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Panamanians don’t believe Martinelli’s economy hype

After a year Martinelli, endless hype and babble, the introduction of various wacky mega miracle schemes, imbecile laws, blah blah about "foreign direct investment", and bipolar presidential craziness, ... More »

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Martinelli’s approval rate crushed under string of scandals and screw-ups

Telemetro just reported that Martinelli's approval rate plummeted another 11% to 49%. But that number, dear reader, refers to the month of May, which is before Martinelli set ... More »

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Martinelli said to reinstate environmental protection in other sausage law

Our deep throat sources in the government tell us that president Martinelli has finally discovered that the now infamous "sausage law", violates all kind of international agreements and ... More »

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Government prepares anti-gun law with new Spanish words in it

The new minister of espionage and repression, Raúl Mulino, has found a group of Panamanians that were not yet alienated from the government: Gun owners. So he is ... More »

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Martinelli loses grasp of reality

President Ricardo Martinelli appeared on TVN Thursday afternoon and said he was going to drop "bombs" on the people, and that he expected violence during the protest march ... More »

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The Super99 and Hermanos Varela boycott, making it work

The labor unions and other activist groups have officially called for a consumer boycott of the Super99 supermarkets - of which Pamama's president Martinelli is the owner - ... More »

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Protests in the streets, chaos in the government, consumer boycott and another “lobster law”

Martinelli returned home this morning from his vacation in Greece and South Africa to face protests from virtually every group in society. The passing of the "sausage law" ... More »

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Martinelli, the isolated existence of a crime boss

If you're in opposition against a government, what you want to accomplish is its isolation: It's physical isolation, its mental isolation and its moral isolation. This causes that ... More »

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Mulino heroically defends himself against vile accusations which are all true

Raúl Mulino, who will soon be super-minister of State Repression and Espionage, is a source of entertainment that never fails. After establishing his reputation with racist remarks about ... More »

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So what *if* Israel defends the Panama Canal?

Costa Rica's newspaper El País wrote last Friday that Panama's pseudo-AG Guiseppe Bonissi confirmed that a criminal complaint has been filed against the paper, for "damaging the prestige ... More »

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Popi Varela defends law saying he planted trees

Jose "popi" Varela, the president of the national assembly, has a most peculiar idea of how this whole concept with laws in a state works now that he ... More »

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True colors, the faces of narco-fascism

Look at these faces and remember them. They're the legislators, all 36 of them (actually 41 voted for it, we'll get the other 5 pictures too for this ... More »

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TEXT THEM! Protest against Martinelli’s Motta-law grows as assembly continues debate behind closed doors

Instant Update: Popi Varela has closed the door and civil society is not let into the assembly building, contrary to what was promised. Send a text message, this ... More »

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CHAOS in the Assembly: Salami Fest in second debate

FINAL UPDATE: Thanks to protesters and activists, the Assembly didn't get to vote in the second debate about this monstrous law. Friday 11th the debate will continue, ... More »

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