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Volume 15 • Issue 1 • January 2025

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Banana Republic?
reg@regbuxton.com
One of the definitions of a Banana Republic is a POLITICAL and
ECONOMICALLY UNSTABLE country. www.LifeInNaples.net
Some examples from history include Nicaragua, Panama,
El Salvador, and Guatemala, just to name a few. facebook.com/LifeInNaplesMagazine
Some characteristics of Banana Republics: x.com/LifeInNaplesMag
• One person
Belmopan
leading the country
Belize
either on their own or Text Copyright 2024 all rights reserved.
as a front man for other
guatemala No part of this publication may be reproduced in any
honduras
Guatemala powerful men.
el Tegucigalpa form by any electronic or mechanical means without
salvador • Newspapers, radio,
San Salvador permission from the publisher. Life in Naples regrets that
nicaragua and TV are either
completely owned or no responsibility can be accepted for unsolicited material.
Managua
heavily influenced by Opinions expressed by contributors or advertisers are not
those in power. The necessarily those of the publisher.
costa rica
media outlets then
San Jose
Panama City mislead, lie and/or do
panama not report factually
according to the whims publisher Reg Buxton
of those men.
• Elections, though said to be “honest” and “fair”, are, again, interested in advertising Reg: 239.572.0051
influenced by those same powerful men, if not just outright
manipulated by them. contributing writers Bill Barnett
• Voters are harassed at the polls to the extent they become afraid to Sandra Lee Buxton
vote.
• Offices of Government are weaponized against those who do not Diana Jarrett
follow the Leadership’s will. Lois Bolin
• The armed forces get directed by those who are chosen not for Jeff Lytle
their skill, but for their willingness to follow the orders of those who Claudia Polzin
appointed them, regardless of the morality of those orders. Paula Allia
• Citizens are harassed by the government. Their homes get entered Tina Osceola
illegally and they are imprisoned on either trumped up charges or even
no charges at all. graphic design YB Design Studio
• The government never quits trying to take away citizens’ rights
given to them by the Constitution.
• Prices are controlled either outright or by back door influences.
I talk about the above not from reading or hearing about them, but
from being involved in the countries mentioned above, among others, Life in Naples Magazine
during the height of their “Banana Republic” days. is now a Community
I hope you take time to read what I have to say and use it to look at Partner of the
what’s happening around you and think and question what you see.

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