Volume 15, Number 16
October 15, 2009

economy

Also in this section:
Panama's ailing economy
Fishing cooperatives in Panama and Colombia in joint export effort
A possible model for a Panamanian lemon law
The IMF, the world recession and borrower nations
The Panama News readership figures
Thunderbird Resorts losses may affect RP banks
Casco Viejo scofflaw
Furious reaction to proposed new beach and island land tenure law
Mary Sloane's looking for investors again

Casco Viejo scofflaw

The building codes clearly provide that structures in the Casco Viejo are not supposed to rise this high, and the historical outward appearance of this dilapidated building was supposed to have been restored rather than altered. Owner Rodney Zelenka has methodically defied all of that for years, despite complaints from the neighbors and orders from city building officials, national historic preservation authorities and the courts. It appears that with the change of government Zalenka now has the mayor on his side, but that the national government, the courts and especially the neighbors are not dropping their objections.

The situation has become, like Richard Fifer's illegal Petaquilla gold mine, emblematic of the doubts about whether there is or is not the rule of law in Panama.

Photo by Eric Jackson

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