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The media
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For a small country, Panama has an impressive number of newspapers, and the
independent press
has flourished since the end of military rule.
La Prensa, La Estrella de Panama, El Panama America
and
El Universal
are all serious broadsheets, while
Critica Libre
and
El Siglo
are the most popular tabloids.
La Prensa
is probably the most effective critic of the present government, has a good international section and publishes entertainment listings. The
Panama News
, a free fortnightly English-language newspaper covering local news and with an entertainment listings section, is widely available in Panama City, as is the international edition of the
Miami Herald
. You can also find
Newsweek, Time, The Economist, The Financial Times
and several US papers on sale in the capital.
Most Panamanian households have a
television
, as so do most hotel rooms. There are four private television stations - channels 2, 4, 5 and 13 - offering a mix of Latin American soap opera, sport, US sitcoms, movies and news, as well as a government educational channel, Channel 11. Cable and satellite television is also widely available - particularly in more upmarket hotels - featuring CNN, BBC World, and a plethora of US sport and entertainment channels. There's a massive variety of FM
radio stations
in Panama, and you'll seldom be out of earshot of a radio, blasting out anything from music and news to evangelical exhortations. Other useful information
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