Sources connected to the Ministry of Social Development in the province of Bocas del Toro reported that Valentin Palacios, presumed and widely publicized as disappeared during the July Bocas del Toro riots, has a new job with the government’s Opportunity Network in Changuinola. For about a month, human rights defenders believed Palacios was a...
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In response to the persistent demands of Panama’s retirees, President Martinelli unilaterally said that he would give them their $50 increase out of the $33.7 budgeted for the 2009 to 2014 electoral subsidy. “There cannot be such a questionable subsidy with needs as those of the retirees,” the President said. Political party representatives, who...
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Panamanian Archbishop Jose Domingo Ulloa says that creating a law against homosexual discrimination is playing with fire. He is reacting is to a recent bill proposed by the Association of New Men and Women of Panama that seeks to impose prison sentences and hefty fines for homophobic behavior. “In the first place, our people have...
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Vice President Juan Carlos Varela told local press that Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli will meet U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington in 2011. Varela, who met with U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton on Wednesday, said next year’s meeting will have a strong bilateral agenda. Although he did not provide any details, an expected...
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In the first operation of its kind in Panama and Central America, Siamese twins Hannah Yinneth and Hannah Yanneth Fernández Gil were separated on Tuesday. A team of more than 75 people led by Panamanian doctors Julio Alessandria and Ramon Policart worked for 8 hours to unjoin the one-year-old twins who were connected at the...
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