PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama is joining several other Latin American nations in dropping out of the Miss Universe pageant in protest over Donald Trump's comments about immigrants.
The Miss Panama Organization and the Telemetro television channel say that this year they won't participate in or broadcast the Miss Universe contest partly owned by Trump.
They say the move is "a message of solidarity" to Mexicans offended by Trump's recent description of Mexican migrants as rapists and as people who bring drugs and crime to the United States.
Panama hosted the pageant in 1986 and 2003. Contest organizers and broadcasters in Costa Rica and Mexico also have pulled out of the event.
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Walter
Please don't insult the clowns with this comparison... ;-)
What's the world coming too ... Everything is political ... Where are we headed ...
Please tell me how wanting to keep illegals and criminals from one's country follows the above definition of bigotry?
Donald Trump isn't being judged for his position on U.S. Immigration. He's being held up as a bigot by the rest of the world because of the racist statements he made. But you already know that. Maybe you should pray for him.
Not a big Fan of Donald Trump either .. the comments he made were wrong and stupid
By categorizing and defining a Group or class of people by utilizing gross -- and generally inaccurate -- generalities. As you well know.
It was about ethnicity = criminality. That is exactly what that ... individual expressed. Clearly. Nice to know that he has his apologists. That moron needs all the help he can get -- to show him to the door.
Oops! Time to move this opinion over to "US politics!
Now, the extraordinary beauty of Panamanian women -- that's worth discussing!
signed,
A creepy old man