OPINION: Lawmakers light $1.5 million fire
The frugality of state expenditures in times of budget containment seems to be of no importance to the National Assembly....
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OPINION: Opacity the germ of dictatorship
This publishing house, in 2017, filed a habeas date for Pandeportes to deliver information regarding the aid received by sports...
WORLDVIEW: Waging War an International Crime
By Jonathan Power In 2010 the signatory states of the International Criminal Court, established to prosecute war crimes, convened a...
OPINION: Ignorance and fanaticism block sex-ed
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a major threat to the health of Panamanians. According to the Joint United Nations...
OPINION: Justice delayed is not justice
Justice is one of the pillars of the welfare of society, and of the competitiveness of its economy. In the...
OPINION: Servility the path to exit door
The National Assembly is our parliament. There 71 officials elected by the people discuss and analyze issues of national interest....
OPINION: Police crime or punishment?
The National Police is the main public security body in the country. The constitutional principles that guide its operation are...
OPINION: Panama’s perverted justice
The Panamanian State is again taken to the bench of the accused in the Inter-American Human Rights System. This time...
WORLDVIEW: The Iran nuclear poker game
By Jonathan Power There’s never been a full-scale war between two nuclear-armed states. If Iran one day did cross the...
OPINION: Smokescreens Scapegoating Foreigners
THE DISCUSSION on the issue of migration produces a mixture of prejudices, manipulated economic data and a veiled criticism of...
Rivera, a foreigner welcomed in the US
Today Panamanians, Americans and many other nationalities celebrate the entry of Panamanian Mariano Rivera into the Baseball Hall of Fame....
Cortizo honeymoon ends as Martinelli smarms
When a government begins, it is given an opportunity. The opportunity to shut our mouths while doing things are going...
