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Tourism

Toxic smoke, garbage and polluted water welcome tourists to Panama

By Okke Ornstein | January 20, 2011

Vacationing foreigners massively abandoned hotels and resorts near Rio Hato, Playa Blanca, as toxic smoke wafted over the beaches because of a garbage pile being set on fire.

Corruption

Martinelli & the poor: Kill them, maim them, dry them and fry them

By Okke Ornstein | January 10, 2011

As if the massacre in Bocas last year wasn't enough for our bloodthirsty baby-killing narco-in-charge, we now have 7 teenagers with severe burnings in the Santo Tomás hospital.