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Alleged take-over might as well be a re-branding scheme

Silva Tree & Sustainable Capital Group

UPDATED - See below - What's going on with Silva Tree, Sustainable Capital Group and Patrick Visser, Maurice Sjerps and Keren Visser-Katz? Your Bananama Republic decided to run ... More »

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Mubarak style orders from Martinelli's Montesinos

Presidency ordered phone blackout

The order to shut down mobile phone service in the area between Horconcitos (Chiriquí) and Viguí (Veraguas) came from the presidency, La Prensa reveals today. The newspaper cites Zelmar Rodríguez, administrator ... More »

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Ngöbe leaders demand investigations into murders and rape

Police hunts down murder witnesses

The national police may have returned to its barracks, but that doesn't mean they're just sitting there with their arms crossed waiting for the fallout of days of ... More »

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"I'll take everyone down with me!"

Martinelli’s rage attacks, threats

President Martinelli may be invisible, but our sources in the Palace tell us that behind the scenes he is yelling and screaming and having rage attacks as if ... More »

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The crisis is over, but situation still tense

Why the Ngöbe had to die

The violence against the Ngöbe uprising may be over since an agreement was reached yesterday, but many questions remain to be answered and issues are unsolved. Why was all ... More »

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Court throws case back at dumb prosecutors

Friesner case goes nowhere

One of the reasons we are always so on top of everything here at Bananama Republic is really because of our vast network of sources and spies. One ... More »

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DIscovery: Journalists have opinions!

Canadian journalist refused entry

While our c̶a̶p̶o̶ ̶d̶i̶ ̶m̶a̶f̶i̶a̶ great president Martinelli was babbling in Davos about how Panama has real press freedom, the immigration authorities at Tocumen International M̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ ̶L̶a̶u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶C̶e̶n̶t̶e̶r̶ Airport stopped ... More »

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Don Winner again caught with hands in cookie jar

Scam pimp in grand theft GPS maps

NOW what do we read in our beloved Panama Guide™ webzine? Another one of Don Winner's good friends bites the dust! On the run for the law. Fleeing charges ... More »

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Panama upgrades to Noriega v.2.0

Drug Government Becomes Stronger

Op-ed by Dr. Mauro Zuñiga Arauz It is a known fact that many state governments have been, in one form or another, linked to drug traffickers. The same can be ... More »

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Lucha libre between Martinelli and Eisenmann

Battle of the oligarchs

In case you missed it: Our president is on a crusade for respect, peace and justice in our tiny nation and of course he can't use criticism from ... More »

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Corruption in journalism

Al Giordano’s authentic smear

I just finished reading a story by Narco News publisher Al Giordano titled, "A Contrast in Discourses: Sicilia and the Peace Caravan in Oaxaca". Go read it. Then, you should ... More »

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Scamming through charity

The Inter Nations Peace Foundation

Convicted serial fraud artist, arsonist and assaulter Monte Friesner has been pumping a new vehicle in his steady stream of fake press releases on his Pronto Cash website; ... More »

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No more bunga bunga

Martinelli in radar panic

Our otherwise cold blooded and level headed president Rico Martinelli has turned into a nervous wreck because of spaghetti eaters. What happened? Well, just as we predicted, the ... More »

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Sociopath Friesner strikes again

Friesner removes fake press release

Pronto Cash S.A., the prepaid Mastercard outfit of fraud artist Monte Friesner and his wife Tatiana Nazarova, issues one spectacular press release after the other. And they're all ... More »

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Where's the money?

Malibu Beach story doesn’t add up

The story about how the Malibu Beach project of arms trafficker Marco Shrem lost $4 million of client funds to criminal developer Econoplade, as scam pimp Don Winner ... More »

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