Trump Organization pressures Varela

[highplainsdem]

Source: La Prensa

Trump Panama Hotel Management LLC., which belongs to the Trump Organization, has pressured the government to interfere in its dispute with Orestes Fintiklis over control of the hotel that formerly bore the name of US President Donald Trump.

The organization, through its lawyers in Panama, sent a letter to President Juan Carlos Varela as well as copies to the heads of the judiciary and legislature.

In the letter, the lawyers asked Varela to intervene in the case to "avoid potential damage to the Panamanian state."

It added that the the case represented a "clear violation" of commercial agreements protecting the rights of US investors in Panama.

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Read more: https://www.prensa.com/politica/TrumpOrganization-pressures-Varela_0_5003499704.html

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"Nice little country you have here. Shame if anything happened to it because you offended the investor in the White House..."

[highplainsdem]

1. Tweet about this from Jake Bernstein:

Link to tweet

[YessirAtsaFact]

2. This is why future presidents must divest themselves of their business interests

Trump is basically a rich Mafia goon

[groundloop]

3. President Varela is a very wise man and I don't believe he'll let 45* intimidate him

He was educated in the US and has an engineering degree from Georgia Tech. My impression of him is that there's no way in hell he'll be intimidated by 45* (aka Spanky).

And I must say that 45* (aka Spanky) is embarrassing the hell out of us, we are most certainly now the laughing stock of the civilized world.

[Eugene]

4. Panama says it won't intervene to help Trump with hotel spat

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS APRIL 9, 2018 / 6:58 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Panama says it won't intervene to help Trump with hotel spat

Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama’s government said on Monday it will not intervene in a dispute between the Trump Organization and a new majority investor in a hotel in the country’s capital, after the U.S. president’s family business asked for help.

In March, legal representatives of the Trump Organization wrote to Panama President Juan Carlos Varela asking him to help the group in its fight over ownership of the 70-floor hotel complex, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

The letter from a law firm, dated March 22, asks Varela to use his influence and alleges that its due process rights had been violated.

But the Panamanian vice president said on Monday that getting involved in the dispute would be outside the government’s remit.

“I don’t think that the executive branch has a position to take while this issue is in process in the judicial branch,” Vice President Isabel Saint Malo told reporters.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-panama-trump/panama-says-it-wont-intervene-to-help-trump-with-hotel-spat-idUSKBN1HG382