Get-Back Can Be A Bitch
Doing business in Central America can be fraught with situations not normally encountered in civilized America. Perhaps that phrase contains a little bit of bitterness, arrogance and stereotype; so be it. What I'm about to turn this blog into isn't going to be PC, isn't going to be polite and probably not at all civilized. It will be a venting of spleen, a barrage of vulgarity and possibly have the opposite effect of what I intend-, which I will spell out forthwith:
The ruin of a certain woman that goes by the interesting moniker of 'Lolita.'
She lives, physically anyway, in the quaint small town of Boquete, Panama and has brazenly and with great glee managed to steal a year's worth of my hard work and well over twenty-five thousand dollars of mine and my former partners- all in public view and without fear of reprisal. This will be my only remedy.
In mentioning 'former' partners I would make clear that what follows over time will be of my own making. The url, or internet address is in my name and I won't be hiding behind an alias or other such device. Comments will be open for all who choose to participate, including the aforementioned 'pedazo de mierda.'
The object of my wrath has been running roughshod over certain portions of the Chiriqui province for years and is the subject of many a tale, a few of which over the course of the next few months I will relate.
Anybody reading this who has been on the receiving end of her Machiavellian schemes is especially encouraged to participate in the comments even if anonymously. In that vein I was brought to mind last week of one gringo lawyer I ran into about a year ago. He had had a run-in with Lolita's adopted son. Apparently quite a successful lawyer in the States he had encountered an insurmountable roadblock in Panama concerning his very small and insignificant case. I hope he finds this blog and participates.
The adopted son is to the best of my knowledge in jail and was the subject of a short discussion I had last week. The conversation was quite shocking to say the least and was related by a witness to events. Not surprising to me the son was a victim in this tale. Revealing to me is that many people in town know about it, but won't speak of it. I'll be digging for more details, especially those that are on the record and will talk about it at length in the future.
As she is a large property holder in and around the Boquete area my first order of business is to put a warning out to anyone shopping for land. She is a cheat and a thief and has contacts in various ministries that could, I say 'could,' put a buyer in a serous bind.
You could ask the Union Fenosa electric company about the reservoir just northeast of Cielo Paraiso. That she's willing to tangle with large international companies and banking institutions for amounts into the millions of dollars and use shady contacts in the Supreme Court to sway things her way should give one pause.
There, you've been warned. My part is a small one here and ultimately meaningless, but if I can screw up just one deal of hers or save one person from getting screwed like I was I'll be a happy camper. Enjoy!
