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Travel Related
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THE MEDIA |
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For a small country, Panamá has an impressive number of newspapers,
and the independent press has flourished since the end of military rule.
La Prensa, La Estrella de Panamá, El Panamá 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 Panamá News , a free fortnightly English-language
newspaper covering local news and with an entertainment listings section,
is widely available in Panamá 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 Panamá, and you'll seldom be out of earshot of a radio,
blasting out anything from music and news to evangelical exhortations.
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