OP ED: “JB” The US Dept. of Immigration has seen more Americans either applying, updating, or revising their travel documents in the aftermath of the decimating fires that have wiped out much of Newport Beach and Malibu. Be it owners who have personally been displaced leaving to use a vacation or rental property abroad, or…
OP ED: I posted a vent piece a while back that kicked off some chatter between folks. (attached). And in the time since then, I have been very tight lipped. I even after a very enjoyabe holiday, find it laughbale that to some people, the jury has still not reached a unanimous dedcision on this ass…
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/trump-panama-canal-threats-history-mulino/index.html Panama City, PanamaCNN — The new Panamanian ambassador was given strict instructions as he prepared to meet then-President Donald Trump one day in 2019: Do not engage him in any substantive discussion of critical issues. This was meant to be a carefully choreographed photo op, nothing more but a brief stop on the diplomatic conveyor…
https://time.com/7204785/panama-canal-political-history/ For close to a month, President-elect Donald Trump has warned that the Panamanian government needs to reduce the shipping rates and fees placed on U.S.-based vessels going through the Panama Canal, unless it wants the U.S. to take back the canal. At a gathering for the conservative Turning Point USA organization on Dec. 22, Trump…
OP ED: Colon has been a shithole and armpit for an entirely too long time. These outer areas of Panama have needed to be addressed for decades (espescially BOCAS del TORO ) in order to truly maximize the “tourism” of PANAMA. Honestly, NOBODY comes to Panama to hang out in Panama City. Sure, we have the…
According to a technical report from MiAmbiente, there are serious environmental violations in Linton Bay Portobelo https://www.laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/denuncian-contaminacion-y-mal-manejo-en-area-protegida-de-portobelo-KE10149120 A technical report issued by the Ministry of the Environment (MiAmbiente) on the Linton Bay Portobelo project, located within the Portobelo National Park, points out serious environmental violations in that area. According to the document, the irregularities could…
OP ED: Tell me, is this the same as,,,,,I don’t know…….having a company owned by a family member performing an environmental audit to be able to promote your real estate project as “GREEN“??? Well it does to me. EVENTUALLY, this type of smoke and mirrors, three card Monty, bullshit will hoipefully come to an END. https://www.laestrella.com.pa/panama/miambiente-polemica-en-fiscalizacion-sin-solucion-MB10224118…
https://www.laestrella.com.pa/panama/sigue-descendiendo-el-paso-de-migrantes-irregulares-por-la-selva-del-darien-JB10225963 Between January 1 and 14, 9,002 people arrived in Panama after crossing the jungle, 8,048 fewer than in the same period in 2024 The number of irregular migrants crossing the Darien jungle, the natural border between Panama and Colombia, was reduced by 89% in the first two weeks of January, compared to the same…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-greenland-panama-canal-why-us-interest/ President-elect Donald Trump, during a long news conference on Tuesday, spoke about his interest in securing U.S. control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, and said he would not rule out the use of military force. Below is a look at where the two places are and why Trump might want the U.S….
Hundreds of people were killed during Operation Just Cause. Trump has stoked fears the US could invade again. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/12/panama-canal-trump For Isabel Corro, Donald Trump’s suggestions that the US could use military force to take control of the Panama Canal evokes painful memories. The 79-year-old vividly recalls rushing her children inside her apartment on 20 December 1989 as…
