March 30th, 2012:

National newsbriefs

C&W SHARES IN LIMBO

President Ricardo Martinelli endorsed the sale of 49% of the shares the State holds in Cable & Wireless. “You have to start thinking about a number of innovative things like that, because these actions took a peak … there is much competition and contractors can sell some to the company and to other Panamanians,” he said. The announcement of the sale, valued today at about $630 million, prompted protests [...]