Bananama Republic

Tag: uprising

  • Martinelli amateurism causes chaos and violence

    As much as Martinelli is the product of the internal rot of Panama’s entrepreneurial and political class, the violence and shoplifting are the result of decades of ignoring Colon, of ignoring the fact that Panama has one of the highest differences between rich and poor in the hemisphere, of allowing massive corruption and exploitation.

  • Martinelli strikes again

    Journalist Paco Gomez Nadal to be expelled from Panama tonight; violent repression of indigenous protests against mining, uprising in the making.