Politics
WikiLeaks: Vice-president calls Panama Canal expansion a “disaster”
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Vice-president Varela calls the Canal expansion project a "disaster" and Martinelli accuses Aleman Zubieta of corruption, WikiLeaks cables reveal.
Bananamismo
Is Panama ready for the WikiLeaks cables?
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Canal expansion, Spadafora losing his visa, two elections, David Murcia, Traad's arrest and Gustavo Perez' controversial appointment are just some of the issues included in the timeframe covered by the WikiLeaks cables.
Politics
Police assassinates protesters, more journalists arrested, orders to capture labor leaders in Panama war zone
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Police in Bocas kills four and wounds tens of unarmed protesters; trying to arrest union leaders for "disrespecting the president"; more journalists arrested in accelerating repression in Panama.
canal expansion
HSBC Panama Asked for Repression of Protesters
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HSBC Panama secretly pushed for police forces using violence to squash protests against the Canal expansion project.
Corruption
ACP and Government Start Spending Spree To Buy Panama Canal Vote
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Martin Torrijos' government and the Panama Canal Authority ACP have set out on a massive spending spree in an effort that can only be seen as an attempt to buy the YES vote in the 22 October referendum about the proposed Panama Canal expansion. Noriegaville learned from a high placed source inside the government that radio stations in the interior of the country are being paid $50,000 in exchange for slanting their programming towards a YES. $50k is a lot of money for stations that would otherwise not even make such profits in a year. Even independent journalist organizations appear to be bought, sold and paid for: The head of the National Council for Journalism has admitted that he is working for the YES campaign - a flagrant conflict of interest. But that is not all.
Corruption
Panama Canal PR Shills Take Yes Campaign Online, Hijack Wikipedia
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PR Company Edelman is using Wikipedia as a propaganda tool, among other things.
Corruption
Transparency International Panama Refuses To Talk About Canal Corruption
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The local head of Transparency International refuses to discuss transparency, wears conflicting hats, and gets angry when called out - only in Panama