Bolivar's Telegraph
Panama is open for business: First FTA dispute relates typical Panamanian horror story
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Official ombudswoman Patria Portugal tells US investors that Panama does not honor its obligations under treaties and international law.
Politics
Martinelli’s approval rate crushed under string of scandals and screw-ups
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Martinelli's approval rate plummeted another 11% to 49%. But that number, dear reader, refers to the month of May, which is before Martinelli set out on a collision course with the citizenry ramming the mega-controversial "sausage law" through the assembly. So one may reasonably expect the current approval rate to be another ten to twenty percent lower.
Corruption
Popi Varela defends law saying he planted trees
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Annoyed by an avalanche of text messages, Varela claims environmental impact studies are unnecessary, because he already plants trees.
Politics
Free Trade Agreement might become a nightmare
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Exporting goods to the US from countries that don't have a free trade agreement is actually easier and cheaper than within the framework of FTA's such as the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), writes Heide B. Malhotra in the Epoch Times.
Politics
FTA screwed – again!
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In 2007 it was the PRD government of Martin Torrijos which, with the appointment of Noriega-era memorabilia Pedro Miguel González Pinzón as president of the National Assembly prevented the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) from being ratified by the US. Of course our new leader, SuperPresident Martinelli99, couldn't stay behind. And he succeeded!