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My country is literally EATING ITSELF FROM WITHIN LIKE A PARASITE. Where is it?

WE ARE GOING TO BLAME CARTOONS NOW????? IF SO, I KNOW OF A “ROADRUNNER” and a “MEXICAN MOUSE” WREAKING HAVOC ON THE HIGHWAYS!!! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-charlie-kirk-maga-1236368149/ “JB”-  I really don’t do a swan dive into politics often, as it is very much the reason I am here as an Ex-Pat.  But the past few days makes it hard…

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US and PANAMA working in concert to quell rising GANG violence in neighboring HAITI

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/gangs-haiti-panama-united-nations-kenya-b2819717.html The United States and Panama are urging the U.N. Security Council to authorize a 5,550-member force with the power to detain gang members in Haiti to help stop the escalating violence The United States and Panama are urging the U.N. Security Council to authorize a 5,550-member force with the power to detain gang members in Haiti to help…

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If this is NOT the scariest PHOTO OP of the week, I don’t know what is

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/04/europe/china-sco-summit-parade-european-security-intl This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a clear message for Ukraine and its European allies: Moscow can keep going, because we have powerful friends. The Russian leader stood shoulder to shoulder at various events in China with the men who have enabled him to wage his war on Ukraine for as long and as ferociously…

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Drug/Narco Boat seizure is at the heart of US/VENEZUELA tensions

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/mundo/se-revelan-los-detalles-del-ataque-de-estados-unidos-contra-lancha-venezolana-con-droga-HG15758618 According to ‘El Pitazo’, ‘in the town of Unare, people are in turmoil: several of the crew members were known.’ While Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized on September 3 in Mexico City that the attack on the vessel carrying drugs from Venezuela was destroyed in international waters in the southern Caribbean Sea, authorities…

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Mass exodus of 14,000 Venezuelans en route back to Caracas

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/colombia-panama-costa-rica-trump-venezuelan-b2816577.html More than 14,000 mainly Venezuelan migrants who hoped to reach the United States have reversed course and turned south since U.S. President Donald Trump‘s immigration crackdown began, according to a report published Friday by the governments of Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica. The phenomenon, known as “reverse flow” migration, is largely made up of Venezuelan migrants who fled their country’s long-running…

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Maduro rattling his sabres in defiance of US Military Training

https://newsroompanama.com/2025/09/04/maduro-with-unwavering-faith-in-victory-in-the-face-of-the-us-onslaught/   Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro asserted that his country will remain “standing” and with “unwavering faith in victory” in the face of what he described as an “attack” by the United States, which is carrying out a military deployment in the Caribbean Sea to, according to Washington, combat drug trafficking.  This land belongs to the Venezuelan…

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Well according to this post, the answer seems to be YES

https://newsroompanama.com/2025/09/04/national-police-receive-vehicles-to-strengthen-security-in-tourist-areas/   The National Police’s Special Environmental, Rural, and Tourism Police Service (SEPART) received 19 vehicles through a cooperation agreement signed between the Tourism Authority and the Ministry of Public Security to strengthen security in areas of interest to both nationals and tourists.  The deputy director general of the National Police, Jorge Domínguez, said that…

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Anti-American sentiment growing in LATAM nations affected from US Immigrant crackdown

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/protests-in-spain-mexico-target-travelers-as-overtourism-anger-grows.html Are “We” not far behind??  Nan Palmero was at a rehearsal dinner in Mexico City’s trendy Roma Norte neighborhood, ahead of a wedding of two American friends, when he heard a “rumbling” outside. From the restaurant’s second story, Palmero described seeing a large group of people moving through the streets, some holding placards, shouting…

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Livestock infection is affecting the supply chain in LATAM region

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/alerta-regional-por-expansion-del-barrenador-panama-concentra-la-produccion-y-mexico-construye-nueva-planta-DF15673550 The cattle screwworm outbreak is affecting all of Central America and Mexico, with Panama as the epicenter of sterile insect production to curb the plague. The United States confirms its first human case in more than 50 years. The regional health crisis caused by the cattle screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) escalated to a new stage…

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Better compliance over “illegal fishing” keeps PANAMA on EU list until “2026

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/panama-debera-esperar-hasta-2026-para-eliminar-la-tarjeta-amarilla-de-la-ue-EF15673755 While this process is being carried out, ARAP is seeking to acquire fishing traceability software so that national fishing has the certification of legality to be accepted by the EU, as well as the appointment of more human resources. It will not be until early 2026 that Panama will be able to find out…

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