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  • 28.Nov
  • Bosco the Clown: Let Me Work!
  • President Martinelli’s court jester, Panama City mayor Don Bosco Vallarino, begged journalists, civil society and the Public Ministry if they would please let him alone and do his work. Bosco alleged that a conspiracy has been hatched against him.

  • 13.Feb
  • Transmovil remains the best solution
  • Panama Star – The organization is part of the Evaluation Committee that will have to decide which company will supply the 420 buses initially required to replace the so called “diablos rojos”.

  • 13.Feb
  • Insecurity Grips Panama
  • Panama, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) Problems related to insecurity focus Friday the Panamanian security, above issues like the high cost of life, unemployment and poverty, specialized sources reported.

  • Bolivar's Telegraph

  • 31.Dec
  • Bolivia Launches Coca Energy Drink
  • Forget lame energy drinks like Red Bull and what have you. Real energy drinks have coca in them! Soon in Panama?

  • 13.Feb
  • Uribe Rejects Negotiating With FARC
  • Colombian president Alvaro Uribe announced Friday that he plans to increase military pressure on the FARC guerrillas in order to obtain the release of hostages. Uribe ruled out negotiations for a so-called “humanitarian agreement”. (Pulsar)

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