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Red Frog Beach Panama Warning: Avoid This Risky Real Estate Scam

The post warns potential buyers to avoid investing in Red Frog Beach in Panama, framing the project as a risky scam. It urges readers to conduct due diligence and claims there is a long history of scandal, fraud, intimidation, and other misconduct. It also mocks promotional events and amenities associated with the development, suggesting they…

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Finger on the pulse of PANAMA. Stay TUNED. SCANDAL RISING

“JB”Editorial comment- via: The Estrella of Panama HUGE SCANDAL On the paradisiacal Island of Isla Colón, a scandal of major proportions is about to erupt involvingd the alleged theft of private and national lands. According to reports, the twisted plot to conspire involves lawyers, officials from the central government, the municipality, and even the Judicial…

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Monica Palm: Low-Hanging Fruit with Huge Rewards Awaiting

A reader praises the editorial voice and expresses concern about corruption and foreign influence in Panama. The message argues that these problems threaten the country’s progress and asks for scrutiny of political complicity and large-scale wrongdoing. It also says Panama remains an attractive place for retirees and others seeking to live abroad. The note closes…

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Just a thorough PANAMA corruption update on GABY CARRIZO

OP ED: The Scumbag Hall of Fame Just Got a New Member – Gaby Carrizo Gets the Boot from PARLACEN and Good Riddance! By James “JB” Bryson – Panama Now Online Listen up, Panama. If you thought the Cortizo era was finally in the rearview mirror, think again. The ghosts of that thieving administration just…

Expansion of boundaries of DARIEN have been officially updated

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https://newsroompanama.com/2026/02/16/panama-updates-boundaries-of-darien-national-park/ The Ministry of Environment of Panama reported that the boundaries of the Darién National Park were officially updated. The measure was adopted under the administration of President José Raúl Mulino and the management of the Minister of the Environment, Juan Carlos Navarro, culminating a public consultation process that lasted for more than a decade….

WELL HELLO 2026. We just got off to one HELL of a START

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Op Ed: “JB”- So I was just sitting here compiling my 2025 “PNO” – YEAR in REVIEW. A BIG part of what I was composing was about how there is NO OTHER country in LATAM that has been more ADVERSELY affected over the past few years from the instability of VENEZUELA than us right here in…

When discussing the horrors of people risking death for a better life,,,,consider 200 BODIES found in Darien

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https://newsroompanama.com/2025/09/14/over-200-unidentified-migrant-bodies-found-in-the-darien/ The Darien Gap, the treacherous stretch of the jungle linking Colombia and Panama, has once again exposed the brutal realities of mass migration: around 200 bodies of migrants who died while attempting to cross the jungle remain unidentified, many buried in makeshift cemeteries without names, their journeys cut short in one of the…

Has the flow of migration through “DARIEN” come to an end or at least a pause?

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https://www.laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/comunidad-de-bajo-chiquito-se-adapta-al-fin-del-paso-masivo-de-migrantes-por-la-selva-de-darien-EA14411360 With a population of around 400, this indigenous village on the banks of the Tuquesa River received more than 2,000 migrants per day during the peak migration flow months. The indigenous village of Bajo Chiquito, the first to reach hundreds of migrants daily in Panama after crossing the Darien jungle, is slowly trying to…

DARIEN protests continue. Claims of Civil Liberties violations swirl around

1 year ago6 days ago02 mins

Senafront described the action as a crime and publicly denounced the violence perpetrated against public servants. Protests in Darien | Member of the Senafront detained First Corporal Ine Guainora of the National Border Service (Senafront) was released on the morning of Tuesday, May 20, after being “deprived of her liberty” by a group of protesters…

Will NEVER understand the logic behind “ADDING” Immigrants to the sieve that is Darien?

1 year ago6 days ago06 mins

https://apnews.com/article/panama-deportees-trump-hotel-darien-gap-iom-bba8c3dc33fd38efd569a5b51e481a86 CARTI, Panama (AP) — A deportee from the United States detained in a camp in rural Panama, among a hundred who refused to return to their countries, described on Saturday waiting in limbo under “harsh conditions” and cut off from access to legal council and other rights. The Chinese deportee, who asked not to…

Indigenous population on the influx of “Re-Patriation” Quote- “WTF?

1 year ago6 days ago06 mins

“JB”- people who have made this locale literally located in the middle of nowhere, are having their centuries old existence in peace TRAMPLED ON with NO REGARD, with the decision to use area as a migrant camp. https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/panama/nacional/indigenas-piden-suspender-la-llegada-masiva-de-migrantes-que-viajan-a-america-del-sur-LM10858650?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc The request comes after a boat carrying 21 people sank off the coast of the region on…

Those of us here know this is EXACTLY the TRUTH. They “Re/Patriated” to the JUNGLE

1 year ago6 days ago013 mins

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/americas/us-migrants-panama-jungle-camp.html “JB”- Unless they are “Re-Patriating” SLOTHS, then they should not be brought here. Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses Tuesday night and moved to a detention camp on the outskirts of the jungle, several of the migrants…

What a great idea bring migrants from US ” to DARIEN”? GENIUS

1 year ago6 days ago04 mins

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/panama/nacional/trasladan-a-darien-a-170-migrantes-deportados-desde-estados-unidos-DB10778478?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc This group is part of the 299 deportees from the US, who began arriving in Panama this Wednesday, February 12 A group of 170 deportees from the United States were transferred from the hotel in Panama City to Metetí, in the province of Darién. La Estrella de Panamá learned that the group of migrants was…

Plans forming to deal with closing the DARIEN GAP

2 years ago6 days ago011 mins

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/08/15/a-bold-plan-to-close-the-deadly-darien-gap-unravels At a migrant shelter in the thick jungle of Colombia’s Darién region a restaurant advertises fried fish, pork chops and 5G internet. A sign in cheerful bubble letters points the way to the border with Panama. Yet just a 30-minute walk along the muddy, steep path from the restaurant, a razor-wire fence stretches between the trees….

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Expansion of boundaries of DARIEN have been officially updated

WELL HELLO 2026. We just got off to one HELL of a START

When discussing the horrors of people risking death for a better life,,,,consider 200 BODIES found in Darien

Has the flow of migration through “DARIEN” come to an end or at least a pause?

DARIEN protests continue. Claims of Civil Liberties violations swirl around

Will NEVER understand the logic behind “ADDING” Immigrants to the sieve that is Darien?

Indigenous population on the influx of “Re-Patriation” Quote- “WTF?

Those of us here know this is EXACTLY the TRUTH. They “Re/Patriated” to the JUNGLE

What a great idea bring migrants from US ” to DARIEN”? GENIUS

Plans forming to deal with closing the DARIEN GAP