PetaquillaLeaks: Richard Fifer’s drug conviction

In the wake of indigenous protests against open pit mining in Panama and campesinos blocking the access roads to the Petaquilla goldmine our friend Otto over at the ... More »

On Thursday 10 Mar 2011
In Corruption
Tag canal zone cocaine criminal drugs inca kola news marijuana panama petaquilla PTQ richard fifer torrijos
With 2 Comments

Ngöbes win mining battle, environmentalists lose

Hot off the wires: Papadimitriu and leaders of the Ngöbe Buglé have reached an agreement. The Panamericana will be re-opened. The government will abstain from persecuting those who ... More »

On Sunday 27 Feb 2011
In Bananamismo
Tag ciam don clarke environmentalists frenadeso inmet jädrán korea mining moreno ngöbe panama papadimitriu
With 13 Comments

Martinelli strikes again

As we write this, Spanish journalist and human rights activist Paco Gomez Nadal is about to be expelled from the country on the 9PM Iberia flight. There are ... More »

On Sunday 27 Feb 2011
In Bananamismo
Tag exile indigenous martinelli mining ngöbe paco gomez panama protest uprising
With 8 Comments

Sectarianism, egos and money divide anti-mining protests

Today La Prensa revealed that the fake Ngöbe chief Rogelio Moreno is indeed being paid by the government. He receives $600 per month as "cacique regional", the newspaper ... More »

On Friday 25 Feb 2011
In Bananamismo
Tag Adriana Sandoya ciam don clarke environmentalists frenadeso inmet jädrán korea mining moreno ngöbe panama
With 15 Comments

Papadimitriu spouts Gaddafi rhetoric in ongoing mining brawl

In case you missed it: Lybian dictator Gaddafi just today blamed "outside agitators" for feeding the youth of Libya drugs and setting them up against his dictatorship. Also ... More »

On Thursday 24 Feb 2011
In Corruption
Tag fraud gaddafi martinelli mining mubarak ngöbe-buglé panama papadimitriu protest swindle
With 7 Comments

Oh my God, those indians shoot back!

IT is generally understood that in exchanges between nations or peoples, whenever you try to take possession of someone else's lands by use of force, you may expect ... More »

On Friday 18 Feb 2011
In Corruption
Tag alcoholics cerro colorado gold korsakoff's syndrome lucy molinar martinelli mining ngöbe-buglé panama papadimitriu petaquilla protest
With 21 Comments

Medical tourist loses penis

Remember, dear reader, how we warned you almost a year ago that Medical Tourism is a dumb and dangerous fantasy: unless you are some sort of a medical thrill-seeker addicted ... More »

On Wednesday 9 Feb 2011
In Tourism
Tag amateurism malpractice medical tourism men's quality panama penis
With 5 Comments

Silva Tree starts legal assault against international media – UPDATED

LEGITIMATE companies, especially those in such a complicated field as that of reforestation, are too busy running their businesses to waste time and assets on throwing money at ... More »

On Friday 4 Feb 2011
In Scams & Frauds
Tag chepo christian science monitor criminal defamation fraud gag laws investment libel tourism logging panama patrick visser rain forest reforestation scam silva tree surinam swindle
With 16 Comments

Reports: Panama’s Martinelli, a dangerous drunk

ALREADY a year ago, your Bananama newsroom started receiving the first reports about president Martinelli's somewhat strange behavior. Drinking binges with Papadimitriu. Martinelli and clique spotted, sloshed, at ... More »

On Thursday 27 Jan 2011
In Bananamismo
Tag alcoholism Corruption drunk martinelli mauro zuñiga money laundering narco panama papadimitriu wikileaks
With 15 Comments

Toxic smoke, garbage and polluted water welcome tourists to Panama

SINCE the government of our beloved narco-ruler Ricardo Martinelli took office, tourists visiting Panama City have been able to enjoy the spectacular sight of mountains of garbage strewn ... More »

On Thursday 20 Jan 2011
In Tourism
Tag fire garbage panama playa blanca poisonous fumes pollution rio hato tourism toxic smoke water
With 5 Comments

WikiLeaks: Panama to protect US borders by cleaning up Tocumen smugglers den

A newly released cable from the US embassy in Panama shows how the US sees efforts to clean up the Tocumen international airport smugglers den as vital to ... More »

On Thursday 13 Jan 2011
In Corruption
Tag airport cash smuggling copa drug trafficking human trafficking money laundering Motta panama shamah smuggling tocumen waked
With 7 Comments

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

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. This ... More »

On Monday 10 Jan 2011
In Corruption
Tag burning fire gustavo perez juvenile prison killer martinelli panama pitbull wounded
With 13 Comments

WikiLeaks: Martinelli’s illegal wiretap scheme

On August 5, we reported on these pages how the US government had tried to recoup wiretapping equipment it had previously donated to the Panamanian intelligence services, with ... More »

On Saturday 25 Dec 2010
In Corruption
Tag dea espionage martinelli operation matador panama stephenson wikileaks wiretapping
With 7 Comments

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