#DarienGap: Report on Panama following the election in which the now President-Elect Joe Raul Mulino promies to close the Darien Gap. Michael Yon, @Michael_Yon.
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🗓️ 18 May 2024
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1866 Panama City
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Friends of History Debating Society. I'm John Batcher. |
| 0:04.0 | Michael Jan. Where in the world is Michael Jan. When last we left Michael, he was in |
| 0:09.0 | Yellowknife in Canada, visiting the local hotel years who as I recall drew their work staff from the globe via migration. |
| 0:20.0 | I remember there being a Taiwanese, I think there was an Eritrean it certainly might have |
| 0:26.3 | been occurred no I'm not sure about that in any event the hotel was staffed internationally |
| 0:31.9 | very excellent hotel very excellent staff. |
| 0:35.4 | In the meantime, the indigenous people who populate yellow and knife in the environments, |
| 0:40.6 | this is deep in the Canadian woods, quite beautiful, although you have to worry |
| 0:44.4 | about the black flies, I should imagine. The indigenous people remain unemployed. That's |
| 0:49.2 | the Canadian version of migration. However, now Michael is going to attend to Panama, where he's |
| 0:56.7 | been many times over the last several years at the Darien Gap and also at Panama City. Panama's gone through an election cycle. Most |
| 1:05.4 | recently there is a new president-elect. His name is Jose Raoul Melinas. He's a man who's associated with the former President Martinelli who was |
| 1:17.2 | leading in the polls until the courts declared him a criminal and sent him to jail. |
| 1:23.4 | Instead, he chose to seek sanctuary in the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City, |
| 1:29.1 | where he remains. |
| 1:30.8 | Mr. Melinas is said to be a protégé of Mr. Martinelli. |
| 1:35.8 | Therein lies a mystery. |
| 1:37.2 | We're not going to follow that mystery. |
| 1:39.1 | We're going to follow what Mr. Molina said on the campaign trail, which is, when I am president, I am going to shut |
| 1:46.3 | down the Darien gap. |
| 1:48.3 | Really? |
| 1:49.3 | Michael, a very good day to you. |
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