Immigrants across the World left in LIMBO via PANAMA

https://newsroompanama.com/2025/08/06/us-deportees-unable-to-return-to-home-countries-are-left-in-limbo-in-panama/   People who left countries such as Afghanistan and Nigeria in fear of their lives feel abandoned in Central America.  If Salana is sent back to Afghanistan, she will be stoned to death. Of that, she is certain.  Yet over the past six months, she has been asked – again and again – whether…

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An unconventional “Canal War” exists between US and Chinese corporations for Port control

International shipping companies are competing to purchase CK Hutchison’s ports, while in Panama the concession contract is being challenged by the Comptroller General’s Office. For many, the ports of Cristóbal and Balboa are just another prize in one of the largest transactions in recent maritime history, but for Panama, they are precious resources, operated for…

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FYI- these are the “Under the Radar” tid bits that explain TRUMP’s 24/7 “hard on” for PANAMA

“JB”- This is why it is called a “Trade War”.   The agreement provides for the transfer of 90% of the stake in the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal, currently operated by CK Hutchison. China’s largest shipping company, state-owned giant Cosco , is negotiating its entry into the BlackRock- led consortium that will buy Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison ‘s two…

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FOREIGN MINISTER already making the rounds on social circuit as PANAMA passes “velvet rope

Let the “dog and pony” show begin. PANAMA makes it to the VIP Room.  The foreign minister emphasized that removing the country from the list was one of the current Panamanian government’s priorities “from day one.” Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha celebrated Panama’s removal from the European Union (EU) money laundering list on Tuesday, July…

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New “pariah” Martinelli sounds like “sour grapes” for Mulino unshackled with new EU status

People are going “all in” and betting hard on Panama with removal from “Gray List”. And IMHO, sounds like RM is a bit “frosty” in thinking of all the money he could have made if this was the case when he was in charge.  Hey “Rico”, you and your family did quite well. No alligator…

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The US has an active SOCOM military presence here in PANAMA what is the reason?

Members of the Joint Task Force-Bravo of the Southern Command arrived in the country last week. Hundreds of Panamanian police units, along with U.S. military personnel, began joint training exercises this Monday as part of Operation Panamax Alfa 2025 , which authorities say is aimed at protecting the Canal and other strategic facilities in the country. https://www.laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/tropas-de-ee-uu-en-panama-cuales-son-los-operativos-que-realizan-en-el-canal-II14492875…

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PANAMA off the EU “Gray List

https://newsroompanama.com/2025/07/09/mulino-on-panamas-removal-from-the-european-unions-gray-list-it-was-a-titanic-effort/ Coclé: President José Raúl Mulino said he was “pleased” after Panama’s exclusion from the European Union’s list of high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering.  During an opening ceremony for the new Río Hato Health Center, the president emphasized that a “titanic effort” had been made, forcing him and his government to “push against all odds.”  He noted that, from now on, all…

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Massive cocaine shipment from PANAMA is seized in LONDON,,,,who to blame?

“JB”-  If your not already……WATCH “Mobland” on PARAMOUNT.  Addictive as the coke they seized.  https://www.paramountplus.com/mx/?&ftag=IPP-02-10dcj1d&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22373337270&gbraid=0AAAAABj8zCx_7i6hcjRC6Nk6ZEO4AS8JI&gclid=Cj0KCQjw953DBhCyARIsANhIZoZ0Kffox4d4Z8jfGaviPhMqq_r9a07cTWTCwg8Svek088FAf4LEvNIaAs16EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/london-england-home-office-panama-europe-b2778785.html   British authorities seized 2.4 metric tons of cocaine in a ship arriving in England from Panama, authorities said Saturday, calling it one of the U.K.’s biggest drug busts in years. The drugs, valued at 96 million pounds ($132 million), were…

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Boy is this a fantastic look Don, Mel, and DeSantis checking out the digs on a Migrant Prison

JB- So my son in law sent me this story (lives in Dade County, FLA ), so I looked around for the link with the best pic. FOUND IT. Melania- foreign immigrant herself who married a philanderer- sporting her Lululemon Spanx, alongside that Anti-Teacher Commie DeSantis. Now before anyone loses their shit and starts confusing…

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Was strike on IRAN a success? depends on who you ask

Trump euphorically declared that the Pentagon’s missiles had achieved their goal of destroying three Iranian nuclear bases in Fordó, Natanz, and Isfahan. The US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, June 21, was dubbed the Midnight Hammer, because it literally pulverized the victim. But Washington and Tel Aviv received the blows not with gunpowder-laden…

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