xenophobia
Bernal case represents everything wrong with Panama
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In fight between Gustavo Garcia de Paredes and Miguel Antonio Bernal, the emperor may not wear any clothes, but Bernal isn't very well dressed either.
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In fight between Gustavo Garcia de Paredes and Miguel Antonio Bernal, the emperor may not wear any clothes, but Bernal isn't very well dressed either.
Uproar after PRD legislator calls Colombians "scum" and accuses them of "importing crime and poverty" into Panama.
A nationalist group against foreigners copies, in true Panamanian fashion, its name and logo from a foreign cult of which many a leader sits in prison for things like murder.
Even so-called progressives support xenophobic protest against foreign doctors practicing in Panama in ugly display of nationalism.
Want to see a fine mix of hypocrisy, xenophobia and narrow-mindedness at work? Look no further than Panama, a country where they've turned cooking sancocho from these ingredients into an art form.