Bananama Republic (https://www.bananamarepublic.com/tag/press-freedom/)
While so-called journalism organizations are whining about Ecuador law that ends oligarch news monopolies, their work is being done by WikiLeaks: Keeping a journalistic source safe.
Press freedom debate, Panama style: Ricardo Martinelli sends a stupid tweet, La Prensa and Latino-fascist friends respond as if he has announced a nuclear missile test.
Bananama Republic, Okke Ornstein's Panama blog, reappears within just days in Iceland after being shut down in Germany because of a fake Panamanian court order sent out by career criminal Monte Friesner.
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.
Another journalist was convicted today, and narco-lawyers and thieves confer with Bonissi to expand the reach of criminal defamation laws.
We received word today that the prosecution will take a criminal complaint filed by Canadian fraud artist Monte Friesner to trial. But given the way the courts operate in Panama in press freedom issues, there is no way we are going to dignify their mad circus acts by attending their show trials or complying with any sentences. No offense, but there is no reason in the acting of the courts or the authorities that prompts us to take them seriously or recognize their authority any more than we recognize the authority of the baboons in the zoo.
The Committee to Protect Journalists demands that Panamanian journalist Carlos Núñez López be released immediately by the Panamanian authorities, saying that "the verdict should be voided, Núñez should be released, and Panama’s legislature must eliminate all criminal penalties for defamation.”
TVN got thrown off the cinta costera while filming. They tried that with us too, but failed miserably.