Tag: ngöbe
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Martinelli’s rage attacks, threats
President Martinelli may be invisible, but our sources tell us that behind the scenes he is yelling and screaming and having rage attacks as if there’s no tomorrow, demanding that his hydroelectric plants be realized.
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Why the Ngöbe had to die
Only under Martinelli has Panama had to live through no less than three deadly crises to protect the shady business interests of the government’s associates.
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Panama Crisis – Live Blog Feb 7
As we are entering the third day of street battle and protests after the police started to crack down on Ngöbe protesters with live ammo and teargas, we’re blogging events live here as they happen.
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Another narco-dictatorship massacre
The Gnoble-Bugle people were repressed by the revived Defense Forces, who battered the Panamanians during the 21 years of military dictatorship. These soldiers are the ones who “protect” the Colombian border from the drug trade. We know they are the ones in charge of allowing and guarding cocaine shipments from the south.
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Total madness in mining standoff
It’s day five in the blockade of the Panamerican highway by the Ngöbe people in protest against mining on their lands, and the Martinelli government is ready for the psych ward as it continues to contradict itself on just about everything.
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Embassy warden wants to kill Ngöbes
US embassy warden Mike Hinton publicly states he would kill one or more Ngöbe protesters should he get stuck at a roadblock.
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Police moves away from Martinelli?
theTnational police, it appears, is not willing to assume its habitual role of enforcer of Martinelli’s interests as it has been doing during previous struggles, asking for dialog and contradicting the government’s violent rhetoric.
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Canadian journalist refused entry
While our c̶a̶p̶o̶ ̶d̶i̶ ̶m̶a̶f̶i̶a̶ great president Martinelli was babbling in Davos about how Panama has real press freedom, the immigration authorities at Tocumen International M̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ ̶L̶a̶u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶C̶e̶n̶t̶e̶r̶ Airport stopped Canadian journalist Rosie Simms from entering the country.
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Ngöbes win mining battle, environmentalists lose
The authentic protests of the Ngöbes have now accomplished what snotty environmentalists, unions and other “civil society” groups, despite being better “educated” and having more resources, have not: To keep their lands free of open pit mines.
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Martinelli strikes again
Journalist Paco Gomez Nadal to be expelled from Panama tonight; violent repression of indigenous protests against mining, uprising in the making.