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Panama stops recognizing Guaidó, switches to Maduro

6 February 2021

Panama no longer recognizes the interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, but its constitutional president, Nicolás Maduro.
Symbolically, Panama withdrew its accreditation of the Ambassador designated by Juan Guaidó, and recognized the one designated by Nicolás Maduro.
Latin Americans (…)

A President Serving the CIA

by Julio Yao Villalaz

Panama (Panama) | 28 May 2018

In the hope of obtaining some help in extremis, a hireling in a bind writes to his boss recalling how for years he had served him faithfully. The “hireling” is Ricardo Martinelli, President of Panama from 2009 - 2012. From June 2017 he has been detained in the United States at the request of the (…)

A bloody Good Friday in Palestine

by Julio Yao Villalaz

Panama (Panama) | 3 April 2018

The use of snipers against the Palestinian demonstrators at the boundary line of the Gaza Strip: Tel Aviv presents this as a necessary and moderate security measure, that the mainstream press repeats. From Panama City, Julio Yao, an expert in international law reminds us that this is far from (…)

US to clean up chemical weapons illegally left behind in Panama

11 October 2013

Taking advantage of the chemical weapon crisis in Syria, the government of Panama has reminded the United-States about their obligation to destroy the chemical weapons that they had left on San Jose island, the country’s second largest.
When they signed the treaty banning chemical weapons, in (…)