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Maybe that is why they cut the Embassy hours? So the staff can get out and see Panama, in nice new cars paid for by US taxpayers.

That is sad!

According to this article, changes will be made to the Police command and personnel in Boquete. Eighteen new officers will be assigned to the zone. That's a pretty quick reaction!

A while back a Panamanian lady got caught with drugs and she got 20 years. 12 years for murder? Makes no sense.

It is now a crisis! US orders evacuation of non-emergency personnel! https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/07/07/567341/US-Nicaragua-nonemergency-personnel

Hopefully, they will take some of that money and improve their website!

Well said! Good thing we have Keith around here!

The merchants in those stalls at the Mercado are very friendly and helpful. We especially like stall #4. She usually has everything we need including fresh romaine and butter lettuce.

Sound advice!

Our Spanish teacher told us her uncle who owns a major business in Boquete along with several other Panamanian business owners had a heart to heart meeting with the mayor a few months ago. Apparently, not much came out of that meeting either!

We live down the street from Keith. He must have a rain shield over his house or he is dreaming he is in Barbados! ?

What the heck does that mean?

Gracias! It's pet-friendly and would be a spurge at the rates they have!

Looks like a big place. http://buenaventura.com.pa/

Seems like he is trying to get public opinion on his side. Wonder what the percentage of the Panama population is either for or against him?

We keep such a small amount in our Banco General account as well. Enough for a small emergency and to pay Cable Onda and Movil through the online bill pay.

As a go-around could you not just withdrawal all your money in stages via the ATM and leave a small amount in and close it? We are not advocating not having a designated beneficiary form. It is necessary that it is correct.

Latest from CNN! https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/16/americas/nicaragua-protests-death-toll/index.html

Great! Worth the price!

The following comment is the first-hand experience of our friends in Nicaragua that was posted on our blog this morning: Rewired and Retired in Nicaragua5 HOURS AGOREPLY I am sitting here this morning, the day of the National Strike, sipping my coffee and sobbing while reading your heartfelt post. The parrots are chirping. I hear the howler monkeys in the distance, and the symphony of roosters crowing across the island. The ferries that signal the beginning of our day as they chug past our house stopped running in solidarity with the paro (strike). Until I read the horrifying news on the internet each morning, all appears normal. Yet, nothing is normal. No one is safe. I compare Nicaragua to the wild, wild west. Lawlessness abounds and the national police and paramilitaries ride around in unmarked Toyota trucks, masked and armed with Ak 47s, shooting indiscriminately at unarmed defenseless citizens. Their only protection is to build a roadblock, or tranque, from the “Somoza” stones that pave their streets and highways. I watched a video of mothers and grandmothers armed with pots and pans, banging those pots furiously to chase away a group of armed thugs. They sit behind their tranques during the late afternoon and sing hymns, while praying for the massacres to stop. Rumors are rampant! We live with stress and uncertainty daily. Last night, Jinotepe was attacked. The police flew drones to find the tranques, and then tore them down and walked the streets shooting into people’s homes. I heard they flew a plane over Jinotepe and sprayed pesticides over the city, but as of this morning that is unconfirmed. What madness! The atrocities are unbelievable. One of my friends said, “This is not a crisis, it is a catastrophe.” I fear for my friends and the lovely Nicaraguans who have adopted us into their lives. I cry for the people because they have no options. Costa Rica has eased visas for Nicaraguans to enter. Hundreds of Nicaraguans are applying for passports so they can escape with their children and families to CR. Our goddaughter, who was in her third yr. at UNAN university in Leon is going to CR to live with her aunt. We gave her money to go to Managua to apply for a passport, but because of all the roadblocks and danger, she cannot get to Managua. Meanwhile, the Nicaraguans I love, wait. They wait for peace, they wait for food and gasoline, they wait for an end of their suffering. I sob, I cry out for help for Nicaragua. But, we can wait no longer. It is tragic! PS, I haven’t written much on my blog recently, but I hope to spread the stories of my friends after we leave. http://latitudeadjustmentblog.com/2018/06/14/nicaragua-crisis/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/14/nicaragua-strike-protest-ortega-latest

https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/Jubilados-protestan-aumento-salarios_0_5052994721.html

Coordinate assistance for Panamanian transporters trapped in Nicaragua https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/Coordinan-asistencia-transportistas-panamenos-Nicaragua_0_5052994680.html

https://www.tvn-2.com/economia/economia-panamena/Copa-Airlines-frecuencia-America-Caribe_0_5052994698.html