Right in the middle of fermenting Panamanian unrest over pension reform, coupled with pot-stirring by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, our Daniel of Yaracuy, Venezuela, found himself in the middle of Panama on a work visit. From shopkeepers, he learned of corrupt Chavista officials blowing in to Panama for shopping trips and money-laundering ventures, sure in the belief that they will not be noticed. One of them dropped $8,000 on a wristwatch. They’re wrong of course, the Panamanians see what’s going on and tell everything. Read the whole riveting account of Daniel in Panama’s storm here.