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FARC crisis and its Panamanian component Big Brother & the Phone Company stand guard The PRD's turbulent inner struggles Martín Torrijos, Pedro Miguel González show signs of discord Years later, we find that the witness against González had been paid Bernal campaign reaches out to ethnic voters Panama's drug and money laundering scenes, according to the US State Department Panama News Briefs Vice presidents contradict one another on Venezuela and labor unrest Obama carries Panama, world in Democrats Abroad primary Slain labor activist honored, buried Prior news briefs, through February 24  photos by Eric Jackson Does an elder sibling's gaze comfort you? Big Brother always did have his
base of political support, and now he's watching with hundreds of these
video eyes in public places all around the city. Of course, to the
extent that Panamanians understand that it's the hated Cable &
Wireless phone company that's running this massive surveillance
campaign for the government, the public support is likely to be
diminished. (The government's accountability to the public, as the
company is probably exempt from government transparency law disclosures
about its spying on behalf of the police, is also probably diminished.)
The anecdotal evidence and such statistics as the police like to bandy about suggest that despite the massive electronic surveillance, the crime rate is still up. This particular camera can see everyone coming and going on one of the major pedestrian routes between Curundu and Perejil, and it can also record everybody who comes and goes at The Panama News office.  Also in this section: FARC crisis and its Panamanian componentBig Brother & the Phone Company stand guard The PRD's turbulent inner struggles Martín Torrijos, Pedro Miguel González show signs of discord Years later, we find that the witness against González had been paid Bernal campaign reaches out to ethnic voters Panama's drug and money laundering scenes, according to the US State Department Panama News Briefs Vice presidents contradict one another on Venezuela and labor unrest Obama carries Panama, world in Democrats Abroad primary Slain labor activist honored, buried Prior news briefs, through February 24 News
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