Arquimedes SÁEZ“My extortion ring has been vindicated....”
Ana Matilde GOMEZ“I will not pay a fine to delinquents...”
Petaquilla spill result of fraud »
According to its own environmental impact study, an emergency tank should already have been there in January, before they started operations. Why Petaquilla was allowed to start operating without having complied with that condition in an area that gets vast amounts of rain year-round is anyone’s guess.
Martinelli further isolated, investment grade under threat »
Standard & Poor’s warns that Panama could lose its coveted investment grade if Martinelli doesn’t change his ways after human rights groups condemn again the police brutality in Bocas.
Gustavo Perez, what did you do with Valentín Palacios? »
Valentín Palacios has been missing for over a month after being taken by the police. The situation in Panama is now so bad, and the opposition and the media so lame, that when the police disappears somebody this now generates far less response than during the dictatorship when opposition was more dangerous.
Panama ambassador defends international outcast Martinelli »
Alemán’s defense of Martinelli is right out of the Goebbels propaganda textbook, along the lines of “Hitler built highways and the trains left on time”.
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 tapped the phone of a victim (at the victim’s request) of extortion by a corrupt prosecutor,is yet another act of political self-immolation by Martinelli and his clique of mobsters.
MARTINELLI OR NARCONELLI? »
Yesterday the legal counsel of David Murcia, Margarita Pabon, was extradited from Colombia to the United States, on charges of money laundering. As soon as the news of her extradition became known, the server of the Public Registry in Panama “crashed”….
US government doesn’t trust Panama with espionage equipment »
The Panama government is using spying equipment for political espionage and to stay informed about legal cases against (affiliated) drug traffickers.
Oscar Ceville ordered illegal wiretaps himself »
Oscar Ceville, in charge of the prosecution of Ana Matilde Gomez, illegally ordered phones to be tapped and computers to be broken into, his former security chief has stated.
We all voted for Martinelli for a better future, but we got a free ride to death” »
Human Rights Everywhere (HREV) presented a report Wednesday as a result of its investigation of events in Bocas del Toro surrounding the strike of banana plantation workers and the subsequent repression by the police. And the data they offer once again confirms the chilling picture we’re all too familiar with by now of death, hundreds of wounded, torture, arbitrary arrests, lack of medical care, and one disappeared person last seen being taken away by a police force that behaved like a bunch of rabid animals.
Human Rights Watch demands investigation into Bocas abuses »
“Rather than trying to shift the blame, Panamanian authorities should ensure that those responsible for the abuses are brought to justice,” said José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch. “The special commission could help clarify what happened, but it is no substitute for criminal prosecutions.”
One down, many more to go in Bocas massacres »
“Wild Bill” and his charming wife/girlfriend have been caught while trying to enter Nicaragua in a hijacked boat. This will solve at least a couple of murder cases in Bocas as well as some missing person mysteries, but the majority of the guilty in recent killing sprees remains at large.
Another missing person in Bocas del Toro’s Wild Bunch circus »
As if we don’t have enough dead people in Bocas del Toro already because of Wild Bill and Wild Ricardo; today we can add another missing person to the mix. Yes, dear reader, it’s just like the old times in Panama, the police takes someone off the streets and we never hear from him again!
Martinelli heads for new clashes as “divide and conquer” fails »
Martinelli’s partial suspension of the sausage law is a lame attempt at “divide and conquer”, is not being taken seriously and will only lead to more protests and violent clashes.
Tourists start boycotting Panama »
Martinelli’s fascist rule, killing of opponents, harassment of the opposition and journalists, and assault on the environment are resulting in an emerging tourist boycott of Panama.
Martinelli travels to Bocas with gifts for the savages while super99 boycott picks up steam »
Martinelli will travel to Bocas carrying beads and shiny things, for the savages. Meanwhile, not just got Global Bank torched last week (Martinelli is a shareholder) but in Santiago activists cordoned off Super99!
