The perverted fantasies of Giselle Burillo

Our government is completely isolated locally and internationally, but some of its members still don't get it. Minister Giselle Burillo, for example, is quoted in El Panama America ... More »

On Sunday 22 Aug 2010
In Politics
Tag bocas del toro canal civil society giselle burillo hormones perverse
With 6 Comments

Martinelli further isolated, investment grade under threat

While the marches of the so-called "civil society" are getting smaller and smaller and the protests are deflating, Panama's fearless mafia-leader Ricardo Martinelli and his government are facing ... More »

On Friday 20 Aug 2010
In Bananamismo
Tag bocas del toro cidh civil society coha human rights everywhere investment grade martinelli oas panama Standard & Poor's
With 6 Comments

Panamax 2010 arms fair trains wacky coup scenario

The fun with the (former) military types here in Panama is that they never learn. So they have this Canal, and most experts have throughout history agreed that ... More »

On Thursday 19 Aug 2010
In Politics
Tag 4gw bocas del toro canal coup d'etat indigenous naso network open source insurgency panama panamax 2010 tribes
With 3 Comments

Gustavo Perez, what did you do with Valentín Palacios?

It is already over a month ago that banana plantation worker Valentín Palacios was taken away by the police and never heard of again. In more than a ... More »

On Friday 13 Aug 2010
In Corruption
Tag bocas del toro civil society gustavo perez habeas corpus hugo spadafora martinelli missing murder panama police protests supreme court valentin palacios
With 25 Comments

We all voted for Martinelli for a better future, but we got a free ride to death”

Just a week after Human Rights Watch demanded an impartial and criminal investigation into police abuses in Bocas del Toro, Human Rights Everywhere (HREV) presented a report Wednesday ... More »

On Thursday 5 Aug 2010
In Bananamismo
Tag bocas del toro deaths gustavo perez human rights everywhere martinelli missing murder police abuse rabid dogs raul mulino report torture wounded
With 4 Comments

Air Panama whines about parody on its complicity in Bocas violence

So we did this story about a parody on the Air Panama "come to Bocas" commercial after the airline had been found to be involved in flying police ... More »

On Thursday 29 Jul 2010
In Tourism
Tag air panama bocas del toro copyright drug pilot george novey human rights abuse noriega parody tourism ven pa' bocas violence youtube
With 5 Comments

Human Rights Watch demands investigation into Bocas abuses

by Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) - The Government of Panama should ensure that a thorough and impartial investigation is conducted into possible abuses during violent confrontations between ... More »

On Thursday 29 Jul 2010
In Bananamismo
Tag abuse bocas del toro death gustavo perez human rights watch martinelli mulino ombudsman police crimes protests violence wounded
With 6 Comments

One down, many more to go in Bocas massacres

"Wild Bill" and his charming wife/girlfriend have been caught while trying to enter Nicaragua in a hijacked boat. This will solve at least a couple of murder cases ... More »

On Monday 26 Jul 2010
In Bananamismo
Tag Alma Cortes bocas del toro changuinola gustavo perez kevin harrington martinelli massacre murder raul mulino sausage law serial killer wild bill
With 10 Comments

Another missing person in Bocas del Toro’s Wild Bunch circus

As if we don't have enough dead people in Bocas del Toro already because of Wild Bill and Wild Ricardo; today we can add another missing person to ... More »

On Friday 23 Jul 2010
In Bananamismo
Tag bocas del toro corpses disappeared gustavo perez killing martinelli missing wild bill wild ricardo.wild bunch
With 4 Comments

Air Panama tries to salvage tourism in Bocas with wacky ad campaign

Air Panama, the hopelessly overpriced local airline that never flies on time, had a nice gig during the protests on and around the 10th of July in Bocas ... More »

On Thursday 22 Jul 2010
In Tourism
Tag air panama bocas del toro boycott death destruction riot police tourism tourist boycott
With 9 Comments

“Wild Bill” and “Wild Ricardo”, dead bodies pile up in Bocas del Toro

The province of Bocas del Toro, already subject of an emerging tourist boycott, should probably be renamed The Killing Fields as corpses continue to pile up in the ... More »

On Thursday 22 Jul 2010
In Bananamismo
Tag bocas del toro murder panama ricardo martinelli serial killer wild bill wild ricardo
With 6 Comments

Sául Méndez plans long overdue media coup

Think about the labor unions in general and SUNTRACS in particular what you want, but they are the only opposition forces in this country that actually get things ... More »

On Tuesday 20 Jul 2010
In Bananamismo
Tag bocas del toro citizen journalism corporate media media panama protests saul mendez self-censorship suntracs violence
With 5 Comments

Tourists start boycotting Panama

We like tourism here at the Bananama Republic. It's one of the cleanest ways of development for a country - if done right. Much cleaner than open pit ... More »

On Monday 19 Jul 2010
In Politics, Tourism
Tag air panama bocas del toro boycott development environment fascism killing martinelli panama repression tourism
With 25 Comments

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