We told you so. Loose cannon Ana Mae decides Vanguardia Moral is not going to support Bernal after all for mayor and instead go with Jose Teran of the Pizzafista Party. Teran then loses the primaries of the Pizzafista Party to a perfume salesman who also campaigned for Bernal. Meanwhile, Bernal acquires the support of the Liberal Party and now the Endaras are left empty handed. Sort of the Panamanian version of the Clintons. Soon Ana Mae will announce her own candidacy to create an even bigger mess and finish the party off, forever.

Bobo Bosco, here with a couple of
show dancers

Don Bosco Vallarino, who doesn't know him. The Panamanian low-end version of Saturday night horror Don "un aplauso por favor" Francisco. When he isn't dabbling in Telemetro entertainment he's selling real estate and perfumes on some Panamanian TelSell channel. And, he thinks, that is exactly the type of qualifications needed for a mayor of Panama City. He signed up for the Pizzafista party, and now he's about to launch his campaign.

But!

He has sold himself out already BEFORE being elected! Only in Panama will you find one candidate campaigning for the other. Listen to the radio spot above; a promo for Miguel Antonio Bernal, who is currently the front runner in the race for city hall. That is the voice of same Bosco Vallarino!

It gets even better when you listen to the text:

Whom will you trust? Someone who launches himself into a political campaign just months before the elections with promises, or someone who has all his life been an example, always on the right side of the issues, on the side of liberty, who has had the courage to defend your rights, without you having to ask and without asking for anything in return?

Seems like a clear case to us. Unless you think that selling jewelry on TelSell is "defending your rights" of course.

It's morning again, in Panama. Today, more men and women will get up at four to try to go to work than public transport or our roads can handle. More students than ever will enjoy waiting for a bus to take them to school for hours. More buses will crash or burn than in the last ten years combined.

With interest rates at about half the record highs of previous decades, thousands of Panamanians are mired in debt, more than at any time in the past ten years.

Today, eight couples will divorce, more than what it was just five years ago. And with inflation almost doubled, they can look forward to a future of debt and difficulties to make ends meet.

It's morning again, in Panama. And, under the leadership of Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro, our city is weaker, dirtier, and more dangerous and inaccessible than ever before. Why would we ever want more?