Corruption
Life and times of the fall guy; will Lavitola turn evidence against Martinelli?
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Valter Lavitola cut a deal with the prosecution in Italy and has now admitted guilt to bribing Ricardo Martinelli and other Panamanian officials.
Corruption
Martinelli corruption scandal: “Did I tell you to buy helicopters?”
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Son of president Martinelli says he is victim of a conspiracy.
Corruption
La Prensa’s site down after publication of damning corruption evidence of Martinelli & family
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La Prensa's website has been offline since 10:20 AM, after the newspaper published damning evidence of mega-corruption by president Martinelli and his family.
Corruption
First spaghetti boat already kaput
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Finmeccanica bribe boat breaks down and there's no money for new engines.
Corruption
Italian prosecutors directly implicate Martinelli in Lavitola trial
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Trial starts in July and promises to sink Martinelli and his political project.
Corruption
Carnival of the corrupt
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Carnival can be a lot of fun, but if you're the corrupt emperor or one of his affiliated empresaurios, it's more than anything else an opportunity.
Corruption
Martinelli unites China and Taiwan, Italians pull the net tighter
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Martinelli bungles his way through Asia while Panama burns and Italian prosecutors are closing in on him.
Corruption
Martinelli in radar panic
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Ricky and Raul call the Italian embassy: "things have changed, Ricky, Berlusconi is gone, Valter is on the run, I can't help you, and don't call again. It's not safe. It's each on his own now, ciao".
Corruption
Selex radar useless against narcos
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The lanchas typically used by drug traffickers are invisible for radar. Not only is this whole radar deal mired in corruption, it's also a completely unnecessary purchase costing Panamanian taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Corruption
Desperate Martinelli sends malware
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Martinelli's government of business people put its IT arm at work and launched a really bad attack video and a malware email campaign.