WORLDVIEW: Biting the hand that doesn’t feed
By Jonathan Power There was a great piece of news announced last week by the World Health Organisation. Wild-polio has...
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OPINION: When “influencers” reach the cookie jar
This era of technological change has created new trades, which were never considered in the structure of public administration. One...
Panama Government Rasputins and the "New Normal"
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a highly influential Russian mystic in the last years of the Romanov dynasty. He belonged to...
OPINION; Speeding with the brakes on
The schedule for reopening economic activities, presented by the national government, maintains uncertainty, and continues to punish the economy. According...
Absurdities and Abuses
Throughout more than five months of a health crisis, the relationship between the Government and citizens has been difficult, uncertain...
OPINION: When callousness rules
As the country suffers its worst economic downturn in 30 years, with thousands of jobs lost and a recovery that...
OPINION: When lawyers shout from the rooftops
In October 2019, the Second Superior Court of the First Judicial District confirmed the definitive dismissal that had been granted...
OPINION : We will recover — if they let us
According to the Constitution, Panama is a Republic and we are all citizens with rights. In practice, the Government believes...
OPINION: New Hope with US-Panama Anti-corrution accord
The United States and Panama have formed a Task Force against money laundering and corruption. The effort seeks to train...
OPINION: Panama a failed state
When it is the authority that sets the example, how can the rest of the officials or citizens be blamed...
OPINION: Accountability or police state?
Civil protests and spontaneous demonstrations of discontent and dissatisfaction with the government's performance in health and economic matters are...
OPINION Panama's dark “guardianship” scandal
French Philosopher Michel Foucault criticized disciplinary institutions for being mechanisms to impose order at the end of punishment, fear, and...
