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The University's matriculation system keeps crashing, HSBC was hacked, power and water down throughout the country - Panama suffers from bad systems and networks.
Bananama Republic (http://www.bananamarepublic.com/2013/02/)
The University's matriculation system keeps crashing, HSBC was hacked, power and water down throughout the country - Panama suffers from bad systems and networks.
Updated - In order to fight the crime wave, gringo expats plan to form militia together with leader of the crime wave. No, we don't understand it either.
In case you didn't know: The Pacific coast of Panama, from Chame to, say, San Carlos and Playa Blanca, is going through a crime wave. Last Friday night, we understood from Eric Jackson, armed men invaded restaurant Rancho Los Toros, robbed about a dozen people and stabbed at least one other.
Panama's tourism industry expects another boom as travelers will be able to reach their holiday destination on budget torture-flights with just a bit of dope sprinkled on for good measure.
Carnival can be a lot of fun, but if you're the corrupt emperor or one of his affiliated empresaurios, it's more than anything else an opportunity.
Bananama Republic celebrates its fifth birthday, looks back and, more importantly, lets you know what to give us!
For many of our readers this may be a bit too long ago to remember, but once upon a time, around 2003, out of the Tom McMurrain scandal and his San Cristobal noni scam came the next adventure, our investigation into fugitive fraud artist Homer W. Forster.
UPDATED - Reading the supposed court decision in the criminal case Monte Friesner started against yours truly, one might be fooled into believing that this journalist called Friesner's wife, the Russian Tatiana Nazarova, a "whore". However, nothing could be further from the truth.
Financial hustler and gambling cheat Mark Boswell loses court case from one of the many people who want their money back.
In a move aimed at continuity after sacking narco Willy Cochez, Panama appoints Arturo Vallarino as its new ambassador to the OAS - a scam pimp who used to promote investment fraud and private militias.