MONTHLY REPORT -- PANAMA BUREAU -- JUNE 1988

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• Publication Date: July 6, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PANAMA BUREAU
DRAWER 927
APO MIAMI 34004
6 July 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH
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I. GENERAL
Acting Chief, Operations Group
Monthly Report -- Panama Bureau -- June 1988
Although the Panama situation dropped from U.S. national
news in June, the effects of the crisis increased. In late June,
the regime invalidated all tax payment certificates (paz y
salvos), which are required for Panamanian citizens to travel
outside Panama. The regime then decreed that no new certificates
would be issued until all taxes were paid. Because sanctions
prohibit the U.S. Government from paying taxes to the Panamanian
regime, all Panamanian employees of the U.S. Government are
without essential travel documentation. Although a recently
approved exemption to pay social security taxes has provided some
relief, the issue of income and education tax payments remains
one of highest concern to all Panamanian employees of the U.S.
Government.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. The bureau sent a flash on the 19 June military coup in
Haiti, and over the next 2 days filed numerous reports on the
situation in that country until Key West's contractor was able to
resume feeds from the embassy in Port-au-Prince.
2. Nicaragua did not disappoint us during the month.
Another round of negotiations between the Sandinist government
and the contras ended in failure after the two sides could not
even agree on a time and place for the next round of talks, and
President Daniel Ortega made his first visit to Cuba 27-30 June.
Both events provided a good deal of high-interest copy.
3. Ecuador appeared to be the hard-luck country of the
month when it lost both its Navy high command and Air Force high
command in air tragedies on successive weeks. Although there
has been no word on the whereabouts of the Army high command,
conjecture is that it is making extensive use of land and water
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transportation.
B. Technical
Chief Technician made a trip to
Tegucigalpa to move the bureau's remote equipment to its original
location in the USIS annex building. Our equipment had been
moved to the main chancery following the burning of the annex
building in an anti-U.S. demonstration in April.
STAT
III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
1. Well-deserved
promotions
were presented
to
STAT
pyrj)j),
(FBN 8),
(FBN 9), and
(FBN 10).
STAT
2. During
the month,
headquarters announced
that the
bureau's main radio boardman position had been upgraded to the
FBN 4-7 range.
3.
Chief Editor
departed
Panama PCS on 10
STAT
June,
reportedly with
a big
smile on
his
face.
on 13
4.
June.
Cruising
officer
arrived in Panama PCS
STAT
5.
and family
departed Panama
PCS on 17
STAT
June.
6.
Much valued bureau secretary
"The Enforcer"
STAT
departed
Panama on 19 June.
and daughter of
STAT
STAT
wife
7.
senior
editor
arrived on
22
June.
STAT
B. Building and Grounds
1. One of the azimuth drive motors on the signals analysis
ROSET antenna failed during the month because of a shorted
armature. The motor was removed and taken to a repair shop for
rewinding. The antenna is still fully operational with the
remaining azimuth motor.
2. Contractors "Pinturas Abrego" began painting four of
the bureau's Ft. Clayton houses.
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IV. VISITS
The bureau chief made one last sojourn to headquarters on
TDY 27 June to 1 July.
V. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
In response to security concerns resulting from the bureau's
appearance in the Panamanian media early in the month,
headquarters reauested that the deputy chief, his wife, and
editor move to Ft. Clayton. lost the c in toss
and had to move in with the bureau chief, while the were
graciously hosted by . Although the
strains of (no relation to new editor, "Don't
Wanna Live Like a Refugee" could be
base houses all weekend, actual refugee status was short-lived,
and all three townies were back in their apartments after a 3-day
love fest.
heard blaring from the FBIS
nama Bureau
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Panama Bureau Production Report for JUNE 1988
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
BROAD-
CASTS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 15590.00
(minutes or issues per week) min.
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
344230
42200
820
PRESS PUBLI-
AGENCIES CATIONS
72660.00 196.00
min. issues
(publishable words per month)
CLANDESTINE
Clandestine Radio Constitucional in
Spanish to Panama
Clandestine Radio Farabundo Marti in
Spanish to El Salvador
Clandestine Radio Venceremos in
Spanish to El Salvador
1340
0
8790
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires REUTER in
Spanish
8090
COLOMBIA
Bogota Emisoras Caracol Network in
Spanish
3110
Bogota INRAVISION Television Cadena 1
in
Spanish
5480
Bogota INRAVISION Television Cadena 2
in
Spanish
1280
Bogota EL SIGLO in
Spanish
590
Bogota EL TIEMPO in
Spanish
4930
COSTA RICA
San Jose Radio Impact? in
Spanish
3630
San Jose Radio Reloj in
Spanish
2100
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San
San
San
San
San
San
Jose LA NACION in
Spanish
Jose LA PRENSA LIBRE in
Spanish
Jose LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish
Jose LIBERTAD REVOLUCIONARIA in
Spanish
Jose LIBERTAD in
Spanish
Jose RUMBO in
Spanish
CUBA
Havana International Service in
Quechua
Havana International Service in
Spanish
Havana CUBAVISION Television in
Spanish
Havana PRENSA LATINA in
English
Havana PRENSA LATINA in
Spanish
ECUADOR
Quito Radio Quito in
Spanish
Quito Voz de los Andes in
Spanish
Quito PRENSA LATINA in
Spanish to PRENSA LATINA Havana
EL SALVADOR
San Salvador
Spanish
San Salvador
Spanish
San Salvador
Spanish
San Salvador
Spanish
San Salvador
Spanish
San Salvador
Spanish
San Salvador
Spanish
Canal Doce
Canal Seis
Television
Television
Domestic Service in
La Voz Panamericana
Radio Cadena
Radio Cadena
Radio Cadena
in
Sonora in
YSKL in
YSU in
in
in
2
BROAD-
CASTS
500
6900
1080
2320
4630
2730
0
0
1000
1410
10450
PRESS PUBLI-
AGENCIES CATIONS
410
13040
760
810
0
1780
0
650
0
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San
San
Salvador
Spanish
Salvador
3
BROAD-PRESS
CASTS AGENCIES
TCS Television in
780
DIARIO LATINO in
PUBLI-
CATIONS
Spanish
1110
San
Salvador
EL DIARIO DE HOY in
Spanish
340
San
Salvador
EL MUNDO in
Spanish
830
San
Salvador
LA NOTICIA in
Spanish
0
San
Salvador
LA PRENSA GRAFICA in
Spanish
1960
FRANCE
Paris AFP in
Spanish
GERMANY
Hamburg DPA in
Spanish
GUATEMALA
Guatemala City
Unidas in
Spanish
Guatemala City
Network in
Spanish
Guatemala City Radio Television
Guatemala in
Spanish
Guatemala City EL GRAFICO in
Spanish
Guatemala City PRENSA LIBRE in
Spanish
Cadena de Emisoras
Radio Nuevo Mundo
HONDURAS
Tegucigalpa Cadena Audio Video in
Spanish
Tegucigalpa Telecadena 7 y 4 in
Spanish
Tegucigalpa Televisora Hondurena in
Spanish
Tegucigalpa Voz de Honduras Network in
Spanish
San Pedro Sula LA PRENSA in
Spanish
1040
0
0
650
0
0
4050
17550
6090
1260
1010
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
San Pedro Sula TIEMPO in
Spanish 1330
Tegucigalpa EL HERALDO in
Spanish 1430
Tegucigalpa LA TRIBUNA in
Spanish 1190
MEXICO
Mexico City Red Nacional 13 IMEVISION
Television in
Spanish 4370
Mexico City XEW Television Network in
Spanish 2560
Mexico City XHTV Television in
Spanish 2270
Mexico City CERIGUA in
Spanish 1790
Mexico City PRENSA LATINA in
Spanish to PRENSA LATINA Havana 1460
Mexico City EL DIA in
Spanish 3990
Mexico City EL NACIONAL in
Spanish 1140
Mexico City EXCELSIOR in
Spanish 2820
Mexico City THE NEWS in
English 1310
Mexico City UNOMASUNO in
Spanish 2520
NICARAGUA
Managua International Service in
Spanish 4740
Managua Domestic Service in
Spanish 32090
Managua Radio Catolica in
Spanish 1860
Managua Radio Corporacion in
Spanish 3790
Managua Radio Noticias in
Spanish 520
Managua Radio Sandino in
Spanish 13690
Managua Sistema Sandinista Television
Network in
Spanish 1710
Managua ANN Diplomatic Information
Service in
Spanish
0
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Managua ANN in
Spanish 6780
Managua NOTISAL in
Spanish 0
Managua NOTISAL-SALPRESS in
Spanish 0
Managua PRENSA LATINA in
Spanish to PRENSA LATINA Havana 2700
Managua BARRICADA in
Spanish 7540
Managua EL NUEVO DIARIO in
Spanish 1070
Managua LA PRENSA in
Spanish 1370
PANAMA
Panama City Circuito RPC
Television in
Spanish 6200
Panama City Domestic Service in
Spanish 34720
Panama City Radio Alegre in
Spanish 200
Panama City Radio Noticias in
Spanish 2410
Panama City Telemetro Television in
Spanish 4200
Panama City Television Service in
Spanish 1200
Panama City Televisora Nacional in
Spanish 7030
Panama City ACAN in
Spanish
Panama City CRITICA in
Spanish
Panama City DIALOGO SOCIAL in
Spanish
Panama City LA ESTRELLA DE PANAMA in
Spanish
Panama City LA REPUBLICA DOMINICAL in
Spanish
Panama City LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish
Panama City MATUTINO in
Spanish
Panama City THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC in
English
SPAIN
Madrid EFE in
Spanish
15620
10710
8610
0
8510
3030
2540
1130
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
USSR
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress in
Spanish 690
Moscow in
Spanish to Latin America 690
Moscow in
Spanish to Cuba 680
VENEZUELA
Caracas Venezolana de Television
Canal 8 in
Spanish
Caracas EL NACIONAL in
Spanish
Caracas EL UNIVERSAL in
Spanish
5410
0
130
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