Local News

panama canal explosion!

panama city panama – a terrible plume of smoke, water, pre-colombian artifacts, and flying crocodiles briefly obscured the tropical blue skies over the panama canal earlier today.

let them drink rum

sound the alarm! The National Police and hit men from companies closely allied with top government officials are killing people. – the panama news que paso? i go away for a couple of months and comrade eric starts publishing the daily worker? i’m just thankful the government has finally been stirred to do something about [...]

finger licking good

CHURIN, Peru – what barbecued treat compliments Andean potatoes, choclo (Peruvian corn), and cold cusquena? i’ll give you a hint, it’s too fat, has zero cholesterol, and when alive, can be found smearing feces, and urine into its food and bedding.

weekly news roundup

i may be a whiner, but i’m hardly alone in sounding the alarm over the changes to panama’s immigration laws. check out the panama investor blog, and take the survey. panama already faces stiff competition for from costa rica. but now it seems mexico wants to compete for the expat/tourist dollar by legalizing prostitution. how [...]

panama’s fishermen tired of being eaten by crocodiles.

breaking news! a ten foot long crocodile dragged a fisherman into miraflores lake this week. it’s the third attack in three years. the fisherman was never found, and is presumed dead.