Clyde Jenkins scorns the web for child pron

Yes, it's HIM again. Clyde Jenkins, a North American expatriate last known to be hiding out in the Hospedaje Casco Viejo. Good friend and indispensable aide of Don Winner in his webventures. So, what is it this time?

Well, it turns out that while Winner prefers handicapped fetisjism, Jenkins spends his days scorning the internet for child pron, further confirming suspicions by many in Casco Viejo and elsewhere as to his depraved sexual preferences. In his own words: "... for two or three days everyone on the Panama Forum was saying this group was a pedaphile group ...". And as soon as he heard that he immediately signed up under an alias: "Well, when I came to see I was warned this was a pron group for only adults (...) I verified my age (...)".

He is talking about PanamaCEW, a Yahoo chat group about Panama. Nothing to do with child pron.

Disappointed, Jenkins then switched to another one of his traits: blatant racism. "And because I think my country isn't ready for a negroe president just makes me like millions of others who think the same way. (...) I don't want my country represented by a muslim black man. That is not the face of America the brave".

And: "As a white, working class man (now retired) I could not vote for a black person at this time".

And so on. Parents would be well advised to keep their children away from this pervert and blacks, well, we'd say go for it.

It was a beautiful building. Historic. Panama's independence was partly plotted there when Dr. Amador couldn't receive his co-conspirators at his house any more. He stood on the balcony addressing thousands op Panamanians when independence was declared.

Decades later, the hotel closed. Panamanians aren't interested in conserving old things. They're not particularly fond of antiques. You don't see a lot of classic cars. Things have to be new, shiny and look expensive in this country. Hotel Central did not, and was left for a decade to deteriorate in the hands of speculators. Finally a Spanish group bought it to turn it into a high-end hotel. Great for the area.

And now - as if this happened overnight - they are surprised that the Spaniards took out the entire interior. Only the outer walls are left. Right or wrong, this shows an incomprehensible lack of oversight on the part of the authorities. Where were they? This building is only a stone-throw away from the Presidential Palace for Christ's sake. The truth: Nobody cares, and they were glad to get rid of the structure. If it gets a new and shiny and expensive looking interior, so much the better. Leave anything old of value with these banana benders and they'll just screw it up.