In the remote resort town of Boquete in western Panama is a lovely little open-air Italian restaurant. On the wall are picture of the owner and employees with celebrities from Panama and other countries. Two caught my eye.
The pictures were at least a couple of decades old. One showed Fidel Castro with three members of the kitchen staff. Another showed Yassir Arafat with a guy who may have been the chef.
Boquete is 200 miles from the capitol of Panama. It is 35 miles from the nearest airport. It has a large American expat community. Someone visiting Boquete is on holiday. Looking at Castro and Arafat, I thought immediately of the oppressed millions they locked in poverty. But oppressors and murderers are also celebrities, so they are on wall.
