The Panama News blog links, October 18, 2015
PBS, PanCanal expansion set off an environmental fight in Florida
Petroleumworld, Can the Panama Canal fulfill its global LNG promise?
MarineLink, Tokyo MOU welcomes Peru and Panama
Reuters, How the doomed El Faro met its end
JMDeportes, Panamá campeón en béisbol sub-14 panamericano
FourFourTwo, Mexico 1 – Panama 0 in soccer friendly
Video, Panama drag racing
Prensa Latina, Cancelan en Panamá concesiones hidroeléctricas
E&N, Fusión AB Inbev – SAB Miller crearía gigante cervecero de Centroamérica
Euromoney, Panama moves against illicit finance
PR, AIG sells Central American assets to ASSA
Xinhua, Economía de Panamá crece 5,8% en segundo trimestre 2015
Baker, Donald Trump’s tax plan ridiculed but the TPP deal gets a pass
Weisbrot, Lessons for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
ICIJ, How a World Bank translator became a hunted man
Kapur, Escape from the World Bank
Rights and Resources Intitiative, Who owns the world’s land?
Video, How coral reefs spawn
Khor, Antibiotic resistance: a global plan at last
Mongabay, Frozen methane deposits off the US Pacific coast might be melting
The Intercept, The drone papers
Newsweek, Former CIA interrogator forced out of college post
ThinkProgress, Amazing moments from Fox News’s fake CIA “terrorism expert”
The Intercept, Snowden says Hillary’s statements show a lack of political courage
Bloomberg, Insurrection erupts at the Democratic National Committee
Time, Democratic debate transcript
Video, The Empire Files debates the debate
Caribbean News Now!, Cuban continues to hold graffiti artist
Carlsen: Ayotzinapa, state violence and terror
ADITAL, Acuerdo de paz en Colombia divide opiniones sobre castigo a criminales
Prensa Latina, Accusations against Uribe keep piling up
BBC, Colombia: ‘Crime drops’ after Venezuela border operation
EFE, Muere en operativo militar cabecilla del Clan Úsuga
Video, Coiba
Presidencia, Varela impulsa Coiba como destino de turismo verde
Xinhua, Defensa considera nula acusación contra Martinelli
Video, Martinelli faces 21 years for espionage
Espinosa, El desmoronamiento político y moral de la sociedad panameña
La Estrella, Liberación de institutores transcurre entre el desasosiego y la alegría
The New York Times, Panama’s Laquita Mitchell et al with the NY Philharmonic
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