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Legislator José Blandón’s law firm protects scammer Monte Friesner

"As you can imagine, Panama’s national bank, through a politically connected law firm, in cahoots with an international money launderer and swindler facilitating a debit card scheme founded ... More »

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Panama ambassador defends international outcast Martinelli

President Ricardo Martinelli has lost most international support he had, to the extend that his only friends on the international scene are now other mobster figures like Silvio ... More »

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Gomez conviction another nail in Martinelli’s coffin

The conviction of Ana Matilde Gomez, attorney general of Panama and prosecuted by Martinelli's yes-men because she did what she was hired for and tapped the phone of ... More »

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US government doesn’t trust Panama with espionage equipment

The phone tapping scandal surrounding Procurador de la Administración Oscar Ceville is still heating up and yet we have another affair involving tapping phones and espionage: El Panama ... More »

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Oscar Ceville ordered illegal wiretaps himself

Oscar Ceville, Procurador de la Administración, is the character who heads the prosecution of deposed Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez for alleged abuse of authority when she ordered ... More »

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Panama’s tourism minister implicated in arms trafficking by Colombian authorities

From Indymedia One of Martinelli's closest collaborators figures on a photograph in a Colombian judicial file and is supposedly part of a group that traffics arms. The picture of Salomon ... More »

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Case of jailed journalist ties into ANAM corruption under Martinelli

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 ... More »

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Government prepares anti-gun law with new Spanish words in it

The new minister of espionage and repression, Raúl Mulino, has found a group of Panamanians that were not yet alienated from the government: Gun owners. So he is ... More »

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CHAOS in the Assembly: Salami Fest in second debate

FINAL UPDATE: Thanks to protesters and activists, the Assembly didn't get to vote in the second debate about this monstrous law. Friday 11th the debate will continue, ... More »

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HORROR IN PEDASI

Even before they are being given total immunity for crimes they commit, Martinelli's police and immigration officials are already behaving as if they're members of the infamous Zetas ... More »

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Panama police may now legally kidnap and sell you to FARC

Minister Raúl Mulino of government and justice presented a law yesterday before the Ali Baba cave also known as the "National Assembly", to be approved in the extraordinary ... More »

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Boquete don’t know where they’re a gonna go when the volcano blow

The town of Boquete in Chiriqui is known for its coffee, its natural beauty, the various restaurants and hotels and the high-prized real estate. It's one of Panama's ... More »

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Pizza Martinelli

"Times have changed. It's not like the Old Days, when we can do anything we want. A refusal is not the act of a friend. If Don Corleone ... More »

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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 ... More »

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Reuters forgets something in Panama political risk analysis

Reuters published its FACTBOX- Key political risks to watch in Panama today, and it's worth a read, but they're overlooking a major risk factor for anyone who wants ... More »

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