Colombian and Panamanian Human Rights Records Hinder Free Trade Agreement
• Panama and Colombia’s human rights records are poor and will defy cosmetic rehabilitation. • Obama’s credibility will be on
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Analysis: Martinelli’s Panama: Tilt or Tide… to the Right?
Ricaurte Soler, one of Panama’s best known academics, used to observe that his country’s sentiment generally militated against contemporary international
Read MoreProfessor Russell Crandall, Now of the Pentagon: A Controversial Analyst and Three Controversial Caribbean Interventions
In the U.S. policy arsenal, a series of specialized weapons stand ready to defend democracy, and perhaps of equal importance,
Read MorePANAMAX 2009 and Honduras: Did They or Didn’t They Attend the Annual War Games?
In another blow against the prestige of the de facto government, ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s unexpected return to Honduras has
Read MoreThe General In His Labyrinth: Who Remembers Manuel Noriega?
-Although the Geneva Convention calls for the General’s return to Panama, practical considerations would seem to preclude this. -Noriega exists
Read MoreA Thoroughly Un-American Institution
On June 25, 2009, The House of representatives passed an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act which would require the
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