http://themoderatevoice.com/25194/the-banana-states-of-america-from-panama-america-panama/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:27:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/25194/the-banana-states-of-america-from-panama-america-panama/comment-page-1/#comment-167766 glad2bnusa Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:35:49 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/25194/the-banana-states-of-america-from-panama-america-panama/#comment-167766 As an Expat living in Panama for two years, and currently dealing with legal issues, all I can say is I would rather reside in this "banana republic" than theirs.<br>What we would consider to be a nothing thing, in Panama it is brain surgery. Everything is difficult. No easy solutions. Many of the Panamanians have very little common sense. <br>So when you speak of our country as another "banana republic" you must look at the whole picture, not isolated incidents. As an Expat living in Panama for two years, and currently dealing with legal issues, all I can say is I would rather reside in this “banana republic” than theirs.
What we would consider to be a nothing thing, in Panama it is brain surgery. Everything is difficult. No easy solutions. Many of the Panamanians have very little common sense.
So when you speak of our country as another “banana republic” you must look at the whole picture, not isolated incidents.

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