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As part of the War on Everything, the US is invading Costa Rica. About 7,000 marines on 46 warships are sailing to the small country and will, according to the US embassy, "be able to enjoy freedom of movement and the right to carry out the activities that they consider necessary to complete their mission.”
The arrest and detention of 70 year old journalist Carlos Núñez López is related to a story he wrote about plans by Chiriqui businessman Enrique Luis Morales de Icaza to build a hotel in the midst of the Volcán Baru National Park; a plan that Martinelli's ANAM has since approved.
Bosco has to be sacrificed to save our narco-emperor, and will be sent to become ambassador in dark Africa.
A bit overlooked by the rest of the media, but La Prensa reported last week that Panamanians are increasingly defaulting on loan payments. The credit crisis is arriving!
Bananama Republic has learned that MasterCard's fraud department is investigating Pronto Cash, a debit card scheme in Panama that is run by Canadian fraud artist Monte Friesner.
The Committee to Protect Journalists demands that Panamanian journalist Carlos Núñez López be released immediately by the Panamanian authorities, saying that "the verdict should be voided, Núñez should be released, and Panama’s legislature must eliminate all criminal penalties for defamation.”