EPISODE · Mar 28, 2025 · 9 MIN
Panama Grants Fugitive President Safe Passage to Nicaragua
from Central America in Minutes · host El Faro English
CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 23: Former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Ronald Johnson, a friend and promoter of Nayib Bukele, tells the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that “I don’t doubt” that Pegasus could have been used against civil society and U.S. officials during his tenure in El Salvador.The Panama government allows fugitive ex-president Ricardo Martinelli —once famous for using Pegasus against political opponents and his mistress— to leave for Managua. In February 2024, Martinelli claimed asylum in the Nicaraguan Embassy to evade a 10-year money-laundering sentence in Panama City.El Faro English translates Central America. Listen to Central America in Minutes every Friday on major podcast platforms.Help fund independent journalism in Central America by joining our crowdfunding community at support.elfaro.net. Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review. Our mantra at El Faro English is simple: Journalism must go on.
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CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 23: Former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Ronald Johnson, a friend and promoter of Nayib Bukele, tells the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that “I don’t doubt” that Pegasus could have been used against civil society and U.S. officials during his tenure in El Salvador.The Panama government allows fugitive ex-president Ricardo Martinelli —once famous for using Pegasus against political opponents and his mistress— to leave for Managua. In February 2024, Martinelli claimed asylum in the Nicaraguan Embassy to evade a 10-year money-laundering sentence in Panama City.El Faro English translates Central America. Listen to Central America in Minutes every Friday on major podcast platforms.Help fund independent journalism in Central America by joining our crowdfunding community at support.elfaro.net. Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review. Our mantra at El Faro English is simple: Journalism must go on.
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