Archive for October 5th, 2009

Eleven Russian sailors are stranded in the Panama Canal and running out of supplies.  The Piruit cargo ship was grounded while passing through the Canal in April this year.  The owner – Anabatic Limited, a timber and log company – was unable to pay for repairs, and Panamanian authorities seized the ship. The crew...
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On September 27, newswires and/or blogs began rapidly circulating La Prensa reports that Minister of Government and Justice, Jose Raul Mulino, announced Panama’s intent to deploy two U.S. naval bases on its Pacific Coast in the fight against narcotrafficking and organized crime. U.S. bases were closed 10 years ago when the United States handed over...
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