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HARDtalk: Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado - Vice President and Foreign Minister, Panama

Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, Panama's Vice President

07/03/2016

Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado - Vice President and Foreign Minister, Panama

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado - Vice President and Foreign Minister, Panama

Stephen Sackur speaks to Panama's vice president Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Panama's vice president Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado. Has Panama cleaned up its act?

For a tiny Central American nation, Panama packs quite an international punch. It has the Canal, a key asset to international shipping and it has a financial sector which specialises in parking the cash of people who want to keep their wealth from prying eyes. During the notorious regime of Manuel Noriega it also developed a reputation for dodgy governance but that was a generation ago. Stephen Sackur speaks to vice president Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado. Has Panama cleaned up its act?

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