Word: panama
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Anyone who has barely even paid attention to the media coverage of the downing of the exiles' planes now is probably well versed in the finer points of international law. This detailed analysis seems particularly odd, for when the United States invaded Panama in 1989 (with over 23,000 troops), flagrantly violating the U.N. and the Organization of American States charters and numerous treaties, the press failed to subject our nation's actions to similar scrutiny...
...steps to reduce dolphin deaths, and by 1995 the number of dolphins killed by tuna fishermen annually had dropped below 5,000 worldwide--demonstrating, Mexicans assert, that fishing boats can encircle dolphins without killing the animals. The U.S. and a coalition of green groups met with Latin nations in Panama last October to hammer out new guidelines for environmentally sound tuna fishing. Their declaration permits encirclement so long as onboard observers certify that no dolphin drowned during the netting operation, and its provisions became the basis for a bill introduced by Alaska Senator Ted Stevens that would, among other things...
...argue that unless the Latin nations are given credit for their efforts, they will simply resume their bad old ways. Meanwhile, Earth Island Institute, the Sierra Club, the Humane Society and Friends of the Earth vehemently oppose the Stevens bill and support Boxer's, charging that the delegation in Panama sold out the dolphins to free trade...
...armaments and drugs. According to U.S. intelligence sources, Bird's son Vere Jr. has been tied to a 1990 plot to establish a school that would train mercenaries to fight for the Medellin cartel. He was also involved, they say, in covert gun shipments to the cartel through Antigua, Panama and Colombia. U.S. investigators contend that the Bird dynasty--the current Prime Minister is Vere's son Lester--continues to look the other way as traffickers operate. Another son, Ivor Bird, was convicted last year of trying to smuggle 27 lbs. of cocaine onto the island. He paid...
...recent years Mexico has replaced Panama as the leading drug-money Laundromat in Latin America. And much of the money stays in Mexico. Aided by lax government regulation and the willingness of Mexican banks to accept suitcases full of cash without asking questions, drug barons have been able to squirrel billions of dollars into legitimate businesses; Garcia Abrego owns dozens of such businesses, including computer stores, car dealerships and meat-packing plants. The effect on the economy can be pernicious. Since businesses supplied with capital from drug dealing don't have to worry about profits, efficiency or paying interest, they...