Does Panama still have one government?

Total madness in mining standoff

It's day five in the blockade of the Panamerican highway by the Ngöbe people in protest against mining on their lands, and the Martinelli government is ready for ... More »

On Saturday 4 Feb 2012
In Bolivar's Telegraph, Politics
Tag Cable & Wireless comarca martinelli mining mulino ngöbe protest
With 3 Comments

Nobody wants to be on the losing team

Police moves away from Martinelli?

The Sala Quinta battle has, as expected, seamlessly evolved into yet another mining battle as the Ngöbe people are blocking roads in protest against the repeated attempts by ... More »

On Friday 3 Feb 2012
In featured, Politics
Tag @protegeryservir bocas jahiro polo martinelli mining ngöbe policia nacional protest
With 3 Comments

CD digbats call old lady "vieja de la verga"

Sausage Law replay

Remember the sausage law circus almost two years ago? Fighting in the Assembly, protests outside, Martinelli nowhere to be found, and then the whole project to allow mining ... More »

On Tuesday 31 Jan 2012
In Politics
Tag assembly legisladrones marcos gonzalez martinelli sala v
With No Comments Yet

Alma Cortés announces reelection; Panamanians get ready for dictatorship

Martinellistas prepare auto-coup

When il duce Martinelli goes on a foreign trip and meets with the members of his c̶r̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ political party C̶r̶i̶m̶i̶n̶a̶l̶e̶s̶ ̶D̶i̶p̶u̶t̶a̶d̶o̶s̶ Cambio Democratico first, you just know there's gonna ... More »

On Saturday 28 Jan 2012
In Bananamismo, featured, Politics
Tag Alma Cortes auto-coup auto-golpe censorship democracy dictatorship fujimori martinelli narco-dictadura sala v
With 4 Comments

DIscovery: Journalists have opinions!

Canadian journalist refused entry

While our c̶a̶p̶o̶ ̶d̶i̶ ̶m̶a̶f̶i̶a̶ great president Martinelli was babbling in Davos about how Panama has real press freedom, the immigration authorities at Tocumen International M̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ ̶L̶a̶u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶C̶e̶n̶t̶e̶r̶ Airport stopped ... More »

On Saturday 28 Jan 2012
In Corruption
Tag canada cbc inmet martinelli mining ngöbe panama press freedom rosie simms rsf scam pimp terrorist don winner
With 1 Comment

Song and dance man loses heroic fight in just one day

Boscolandia theme park closed

UPDATED - In a fit of mass psychosis, Panamanians elected television song and dance man Bosco Vallarino to be mayor of Panama City in 2009. A small constitutional ... More »

On Friday 13 Jan 2012
In Bananamismo
Tag blandon bosco bosco the clown martinelli mayor panameñistas resignation
With 5 Comments

War of the Twitter Bots

Martinelli opens 2012 circus season

Ricardo Martinelli escaped from the asylum the other day, and made an appearance at the National Assembly for the festive opening of the new season; another year of ... More »

On Tuesday 3 Jan 2012
In Bananamismo, featured
Tag asylum callcenters la prensa madhouse martinelli prd speech twitterbots
With 3 Comments

Necrophilia on the Isthmus

Arnulfista Death Porn Fiesta

Hello Bananamistas! Did you enjoy the funeral of the Great Leader Kim Jong Il as much as we did? And did you also wonder why we, here in Panama, ... More »

On Friday 30 Dec 2011
In Bananamismo
Tag arnulfismo arnulfo arias bones funeral kleptocrats martinelli mireya moscoso necrophilia torrijismo Uribe
With 3 Comments

Panama upgrades to Noriega v.2.0

Drug Government Becomes Stronger

Op-ed by Dr. Mauro Zuñiga Arauz It is a known fact that many state governments have been, in one form or another, linked to drug traffickers. The same can be ... More »

On Wednesday 28 Dec 2011
In Corruption
Tag drug trade g-2 kleptocracy lavitola martinelli mauro zuñiga money laundering noriega super99
With 4 Comments

Lucha libre between Martinelli and Eisenmann

Battle of the oligarchs

In case you missed it: Our president is on a crusade for respect, peace and justice in our tiny nation and of course he can't use criticism from ... More »

On Wednesday 28 Dec 2011
In Corruption
Tag biodiversity museum biomuseo eisenmann frank gehry la prensa lucha libre martinelli oligarchs
With 1 Comment

The narco tyrants return turns into a drunken circus

Noriega still rules

If you spend any considerable time in Panama, after a while you realize that nothing here is real and most of what you see is pretending to be ... More »

On Monday 12 Dec 2011
In Bananamismo, featured
Tag chaos gamboa iberia martinelli mendez mulino noriega panama prado pretending renacer return
With 15 Comments

gobierno de empresarios

Desperate Martinelli sends malware

President Martinelli and his government of entrepreneurs are taking the fight against the opposition 2.0 with renewed activity of the cyber dignity battalions that caused such a furor a ... More »

On Wednesday 7 Dec 2011
In Corruption
Tag dignity battalions Finmeccanica gobierno de empresarios malware martinelli mulino Valter Lavitola
With 5 Comments

Never ending Martinelli sleaze

Noriega pardon to cover more scandals

Dr. Mauro Zuñiga Araúz, writer, doctor, opposition figure under the dictatorship, opinion leader and staunch critic of Martinelli, is following our capo's shenanigans closely and publishes his uncensored ... More »

On Tuesday 6 Dec 2011
In Corruption
Tag deep throat Finmeccanica martinelli mauro zuñiga noriega pardon privatization raul mulino seguro social
With 2 Comments

Slow-motion collapse of Martinelli's rule

Mafia plots to take over Panama Canal

UPDATE: Now with original documents! Hello gringo government! You thought Noriega was bad, turning the country into a branch office of the narco cartels? Think again! Our own ... More »

On Tuesday 6 Dec 2011
In Corruption, featured
Tag ana belfon balbina herrera Finmeccanica mafia martinelli panama canal raul mulino Valter Lavitola
With 9 Comments

Martinelli hints at Noriega house arrest

The Devil’s Excrement comes home

Ricardo Martinelli, our immensely popular leader, told the media while in Costa Rica that Manuel Antonio Noriega could apply for house arrest as soon as he gets extradited ... More »

On Thursday 1 Dec 2011
In featured, Politics
Tag el toro extradition hector aleman house arrest martin martinelli noriega prd revenge
With 2 Comments

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