Bananamismo
Barro Blanco suspended while the Netherlands decides on complaint
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Barro Blanco fake-green dam construction suspended - will this now affect financing from Dutch FMO bank?
Bananamismo
Fines for Frankenfish
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Instead of sending in a James Bond to blow the place to pieces, Panama has chosen to fine the creators of evil GMO fish for not having permits.
Scams & Frauds
Dallas World Aquarium threatens lawsuit after being caught in sloth heist
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After having been caught in dubious pygmy sloth rustling through Bocas, the Dallas World Aquarium threatened to sue the publication that reported on the case.
Corruption
Petaquilla spill result of fraud
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According to its own environmental impact study, an emergency tank should already have been there in January, before they started operations. Why Petaquilla was allowed to start operating without having complied with that condition in an area that gets vast amounts of rain year-round is anyone's guess.
Corruption
Case of jailed journalist ties into ANAM corruption under Martinelli
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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.