The Panama News blog links, October 24, 2015
gCaptain, Huge backlog of ships waiting to pass through the Panama Canal
ANP, Gobierno y ACP trabajan para dearrollar a la área canalera
Slate, Waiting for Nicaragua’s canal
ANP, Aeropuerto de Panamá ya piensa en tercera ampliación
GCR, China Construction breaks ground for Arraijan residential and university project
La Estrella, Golpes y gas pimienta en feria de empleo
Irish Examiner, Cable & Wireless Panama may be bought by Liberty Global
Gandásegui, Desigualdad y distribución de la riqueza
Prensa Latina, Banco Mundial señaló agudos contrastes en Panamá
Xinhua, Banco Mundial expecta crecimiento de 6% parar economía panameña
Gallagher, The World Bank’s second chance in South America
AP, IMF says China slowdown likely to put Latin America into recession
Eyes on Trade, 75+ US groups say USTR must end TTIP/TAFTA secrecy
Dichter & Neira, Encuesta de Panamá en octubre (PDF)
Go Dan River, American pedophile suspect flees through here to Thailand
Prensa Latina, Possible money laundering in Panama dam projects
Loving Retirement in Panama: Yea, it kinda is your fault
Video: “Stephen,” Rick Wiles and their Panama “relocation” scheme
Wiles, “Project X”
STRI, Will there be a drought in Panama next year?
Bay News 9, New wheelchair brings wounded warrior back to the beach
Infection Control Today, Pilot implementation of malaria vaccine recommended
Yahoo News, Thomas Jefferson’s chemistry lab
WBTV, Catawba students learn about snakes in El Cope
AP, New secretary at Smithsonian Institution
Rome Reports, Pope’s concluding remarks at the family synod
Statesman, Texas kicks Planned Parenthood out of Medicad
Daily Beast, Cops beat man then charge him for blood on their uniforms
Dayen, Clinton attacking big banks but not BlackRock
Merlan, Angry old men calling a meeting to yell at a woman: a spectacular failure
Naiman, Anderson Cooper: opposing illegal CIA wars is “unelectable”
CBC, Trudeau pledges “real change” as Liberals win majority
TeleSur, Could a Liberal victory in Canada be a bonus for Latin America?
World Association for Public Opinion Research, Poll interviewers lynched in Mexico
BBC, Cuban artist jailed for mocking Castros is released
WOLA, Fighting corruption and impunity in Honduras
Colombia Informa, 1500 presos políticos en huelga de hambre
BBC, Venezuela Central Bank sues US-based DolarToday website
Dolph, Structural challenges underlie Argentina’s general elections
Johnston, Port-au-Prince murders a bad omen for Haiti’s election
Caribbean News Now!, St. Kitts minister: US arrest of Antiguan diplomat a warning
El Tiempo, María del Pilar Hurtado quiere que Panamá la indemnice
Focus Taiwan, Panama’s first lady
[Editor’s note: There are a couple of stories out there that might be expected in a summary like this, but which I decided to omit for now. Did the Venezuelan prosecutor say that Leopoldo López was framed and flee for his life? How reliable was that statement, how complete and what were the motives? The media that are running with that ball have a long record of bad reporting about Venezuela, so let’s wait and see how this one plays out. And then the ACP, not to date having definitively announced its opinion on the GUPC’s diagnosis of or solution for the leaking locks sill problem, is sending out invitations for an April 2016 opening. But quite frankly, not only is it a prospective statement but the ACP has been neither the most transparent nor the most reliable source. Again, let’s wait and see.]
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