Panama, towards a hollow state
“Es mejor que ciudadanos honestos cumplan condenas injustas, a que hayan hombres corruptos administrando justicia, no voy a pagar ni un real a la delincuencia”
Ana Matilde Gomez, Attorney ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Martinelli, the isolated existence of a crime boss
If you're in opposition against a government, what you want to accomplish is its isolation: It's physical isolation, its mental isolation and its moral isolation. This causes that ...
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TEXT THEM! Protest against Martinelli’s Motta-law grows as assembly continues debate behind closed doors
Instant Update: Popi Varela has closed the door and civil society is not let into the assembly building, contrary to what was promised. Send a text message, this ...
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Stop dreaming: Martinelli can’t and won’t stop crime
Today in Panama City a "Peace March" was being held, and president Martinelli, just back from Spain, promised there that he would finish off violent crime in three ...
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Martinelli’s cattle call
So what to do if the masters tell you to pay more attention to "civil society" instead of harassing them? Right, you organize a cattle call. Herd them ...
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Bernal: I felt safer under Noriega
Dr. Miguel Antonio Bernal, the university professor and human rights activist who was a candidate for mayor of Panama City, said yesterday on TVN (video) that he fears ...
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Can Panama’s civil society actually win battles? (2)
About two weeks ago we wrote a bit about that question and offered our insights on what would be needed to really organize Panama's civil society.
Well, we went ...
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Can Panama’s civil society actually win battles?
Our racist ("we don't need Africans here") minister of government and justice, Raul Mulino, threw a fit last week when confronted with members of labor union SUNTRACS blocking ...
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