Archive for February 25th, 2010

Russia Shows Interest in Panama Security

February 25, 2010
By in.di.
Russia Shows Interest in Panama Security

Vice President Juan Carlos Varela  met with a Russian delegation led by Nikolai Platanovich Patrushev, president of the Russian Federations’ Security Council, to discuss the reactivation of the Mechanism of Political Consultations between the two countries. Items discussed included the suppression of visas in order to promote investment and tourism, as well as establishing parameters...
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TV Shows: How Clear Are the Accounts? Whose Opinions?

February 25, 2010
By pa.di.

It has come to La Prensa’s attention that two television programs, “Clear Accounts” and “Analyzing Opinions,” appear to be state-sponsored. The programs are both transmitted on public television channel 35 and on cable channel 68.  The latter belongs to Comunicaciones Musicales television, owned by Alfredo Prieto, the State’s Secretary of Communications. La Prensa noted that the...
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