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 »

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

Is Panama ready for the WikiLeaks cables?

It won't have escaped anyone that there is a global storm raging as a result of the latest WikiLeaks release of diplomatic cables from and to US embassies ... More »

On Friday 3 Dec 2010
In Bananamismo
Tag ana matilde gomez canal expansion Corruption david murcia dea martinelli noriega panama spadafora torrijos traad us embassy wikileaks
With 3 Comments

Panama open for business (8) – but feared shitless of competition

Remember the 2006 campaign for the referendum about the expansion of the Panama Canal? It was the Canal Authority (ACP) at its snottiest, promoting a plan that was under-budgeted and ... More »

On Friday 26 Nov 2010
In Politics
Tag ACP ahmadinejad canal central america daniel ortega expansion hugo chavez integration iran monopoly nicaragua panama simon bolivar venezuela
With 26 Comments

Panama sells out US tax dodgers

We never thought Panama was such a great place to hide money from the tax man. Too corrupt, too scammy, crooked banks with lousy service, no rule of ... More »

On Friday 26 Nov 2010
In Bananamismo
Tag banking finance money laundering offshore panama tax evasion taxation treaty United States
With 5 Comments

Cultural Tourism: Visit the Panama Wall!

Minister of Security Raul Mulino, also known as the "Butcher of Bocas", gifted with a bottomless imagination where it comes to promoting our glorious nation, has announced plans ... More »

On Friday 26 Nov 2010
In Tourism
Tag aliens berlin border checkpoint charlie contraband costa rica cultural tourism drug trafficking panama raul mulino tourism wall
With 4 Comments

Nun Tossing: new Panama outdoor sport

We're sure you've heard of "dwarf tossing" before, a sport we practice regularly here in the Bananama Republic newsroom to channel our aggression and frustration about the criminals ... More »

On Friday 12 Nov 2010
In Wacky
Tag dwarf tossing evictions martinelli mobsters nun tossing olympic committee panama poverty sport
With 1 Comment

Nationalism without a country

We're living through the annual season of flag waving these days. Independence from Spain, independence from Colombia, National Flag day, Grito de los Santos - a hollow state ... More »

On Tuesday 2 Nov 2010
In Bananamismo
Tag court of arms escudo flag hollow state panama passports patria registro publico
With 5 Comments

UPDATED! Corrupt Taliban threatens arrest of zombies

For years, writer and event organizer Rob Rivera has been organizing a Halloween event called the Zombie Walk. People dress up like zombies, walk a bit, and then ... More »

On Thursday 28 Oct 2010
In Bananamismo
Tag casco antiguo casco viejo freedom of expression halloween jairo moran jania guardia mario kennedy panama repression rob rivera simian taliban zombie walk
With 11 Comments

Martinelli ramps up war on indians

FIVE children died as a result of inhaling teargas during excessive police repression in Bocas del Toro in July. That is one of the more gruesome conclusions of ... More »

On Tuesday 26 Oct 2010
In Politics
Tag bocas defensor del pueblo elections fraud human rights killings ngöbe-buglé panama police abuse report rights of children
With 2 Comments

Martinelli helps the poor with corruption and bribes

It was such a touching piece of news on the presidential website. Martinelli handing out money to a parade of NGO's that do nice works for the poor ... More »

On Tuesday 21 Sep 2010
In Corruption
Tag bribe charity club flush entertainment inc donation martinelli monica palm ngo panama rabiblancos
With 9 Comments

Beat up nature-lovers in Boquete!

Since our visionary maximum leader, il Duce Martinelli, rammed this so-called "sausage law" through the assembly, our heroic national police has become increasingly creative in cooking up new ... More »

On Tuesday 21 Sep 2010
In Tourism
Tag beat up boquete bribery carmencita tedman corregidora Corruption holiday osvaldo cerracin panama police abuse road torture tourism walkiria castillo
With 13 Comments

Panama, towards a hollow state

“Es mejor que ciudadanos honestos cumplan condenas injustas, a que hayan hombres corruptos administrando justicia, no voy a pagar ni un real a la delincuencia” Ana Matilde Gomez, Attorney ... More »

On Monday 20 Sep 2010
In Politics
Tag civil society hollow state martinelli panama primary loyalties tribes
With 9 Comments

Tom McMurrain is back with the most bizarre scam ever

Remember Tom McMurrain? No? Oh, man, we wouldn't know where to start. Noni and teak scams. Imaginary tree houses with elevators for the disabled. An independent country that ... More »

On Friday 17 Sep 2010
In Scams & Frauds
Tag escape artist escape from america escapeartist.com franchise fraud international living jump over many ponds mcmurrain noni panama roger gallo san cristobal scam teak tom tom mcmurrain
With 13 Comments

Authorities go crazy over skirt length

If you really want to know (you don't, but we're telling you anyway) what a bunch of narrow-minded hypocrite sexually obsessed perverted backward frustrated imbeciles great visionary people ... More »

On Wednesday 8 Sep 2010
In Wacky
Tag bus dangerous ethics lucy molinar moral organized crime panama police re-education schoolgirls sex skirts underwear
With 7 Comments

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