Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (fka PTQMF)

[Chileanmafia]

Listen, First of all Martinelli is a very smart guy - however being a smart business man and being a president of socially and economically diverse country is another story. Simply stated you cannot run a country like Super 99 - case in point in Bocas Martinelli sent in the police against the protests last summer - these guys killed a number of people and wounded hundreds - the law got repealed and Martinelli lost a lot of political ground as a result of his strong arm tactics. Then he wanted to pass Law #8 - the Inmet Law - his government tried to use Cerro Colorado as a cover to help out Inmet - who needs investment from Singapore and Korean governments - under the old law this was illegal.

A good newspaper for you to read about the activities of the Government of Panama is the Panama Guide - this is a wonderful source of info and will tell you all about the latest scandals of Martinelli's government....

As for investing in Panama - listen - Panama is a great place and I believe in my heart of hearts that PTQ will be a good one - I am counting on the greed of management, the high price of gold, a short and brief rainy season and hopefully increased production results at the mine...

Yes we are a banana republic - but we have the best tasting bananas around and our coffee is pretty great too!!!!