Corruption
WikiLeaks: How Martinelli shakes down foreign businesses
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Only eight weeks into the Martinelli administration, the US ambassador already warned that Martinelli's shaking down corporations could harm Panama's investment climate.
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Only eight weeks into the Martinelli administration, the US ambassador already warned that Martinelli's shaking down corporations could harm Panama's investment climate.
On August 5, we reported how the US had tried to recoup wiretapping equipment it had previously donated to the Panamanians because the equipment was being used for unlawful purposes such as political espionage. Newly released cables from WikiLeaks now reveal how Martinelli tried to blackmail the US into assisting him with an illegal espionage operation.