Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil! by Kevin Harrington-Shelton
http://www.thepanamanews.com/
In this article the author states that the Panama government is possibly corrupt as it sent a presently investigated officer to a US college, as well as the fact that the country's leadership is holding facts back from the public that are economically inclined and not military.
This relates to the Panama culture as it shows how they distrust their government similar to how other Latin america countries distrust theirs to due to the fact that they have had a history of dictatorships in the region.