Panama up mining ladder down soccer snake
Panama's day, on the world stage, Wednesday March 9 was like the old game of snakes and ladders.
Or, more pointedly, you win some, you lose some.
On the winning side ( depending on your point of view on mining) Panama’s Fraser Institute ranking as a country ripe for exploitation climbed eight points to the number 48 slot.
On the losing side its football ranking (soccer) fell, also by 8 spots. FIFA the governing body of the game, released a ranking of soccer teams worldwide, with Panama dropping eight places to 68th.
The ranking, of 202 teams, is headed by World Cup champions Spain, followed by the Holland and Germany.
Argentina got the best ranking in the Americas,ousting Brazil from fourth place.
Uruguay remains in seventh place, behind England. Chile is ranked 14. Paraguay, 24 and Mexico 27. Honduras rose one place to 38.
