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HARDtalk: Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado

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

07/03/2016 GMT

BBC World News - HARDtalk, Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado

Stephen Sackur speaks with Panama's Vice President, Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado.

Stephen Sackur speaks with Panama's Vice President, Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado. A generation after the notorious regime of Manuel Noriega, 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 with Vice President Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado. Has Panama cleaned up its act?

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