La renovación del contrato de concesión portuaria a Panama Ports Company (PPC) ha tenido a la población toda una semana enardecida, pues se desconocen los términos en que se negoció. Todo el mundo exige una explicación, así como copia de los compromisos adquiridos por las partes, pero no aparecen. Pero lo peor de todo es el escandaloso hecho que el Presidente, consciente del enojo colectivo que existe por este asunto, no le haya exigido a su vicepresidente, ministro de la Presidencia y presidente de la junta directiva de la Autoridad Marítima de Panamá (AMP), José Gabriel Carrizo, que dé las explicaciones de rigor, en vez de permitirle que se esconda detrás de un comunicado y de una costosa campaña publicitaria que intenta convencernos de que tenemos en manos una mina de oro. Este tema huele muy mal, empezando con la sordera del Presidente ante tanta protesta, y siguiendo con el hecho de que uno de los negociadores del Estado es, simultáneamente, miembro de las directiv
wasn t oatmeal. that ship was heading from cuba to north korea and it is still in limbo this morning. that s after a violent confrontation with the crew and the discovery of enormous missiles tucked under 10,000 tons of the aforementioned brown sugar. cnn s may lee is at the port in panama, right? take it away. that s right. that s right, carol. i m here where the ship right behind me, if you can see over my shoulder, that is the north korean vessel that was seized a few days ago by panamanian officials. as you mentioned, when they boarded the ship, they uncovered hidden weaponry. missile parts and some airplane parts, engines and so on. right now what s happening is they re continuing to investigate. they re continuing to search the ship because what we found is that they have only searched one cargo area of the ship.
four more areas that they need to go through. imagine the type of labor they have to put in to be able to unload everything and then try to search each and every one of those cargo holds. so, it s probably going to take some time before they know how much is actually on this ship. carol? so, do we know the connection that cuba, the cuba/north korea connection and what that was about? that s still a mystery. and this is what is so fascinating about this story is that you know, as a lot of us know, cuba has been trying to soften relationships with the u.s. to a certain extent. so, it s very odd. i think everyone is finding it very odd that cuba is all of a sudden shipping weapons to north korea to apparently get repaired. but wee sti re still uncovering stories that we still need to find the answers to. may lee live from the port of panama this morning. thanks so much. just ahead in the newsroom
under the sacks of sugar. in the port in panama, may, tell us about the latest going on with the ship. we ve only looked at a portion of the ship. more to surf, right? what what you re looking at now, michael, is i live shot of the ship that s been here for a couple of days now. searchers are going within with investigators on board. it s been quite active all day here except a tropical storm that blew through. they re back on. we ve been watching them lift cargo out of the ship. remember, they have only been able to go through one of five cargo holds up to now. so they have four more cargo holes to go through and search through. it s going to take some time to get all of the cargo out and then dig underneath to see what s hidden underneath all of the cargo. obviously they have found weapons so far, missile parts, airplane engines, et cetera. but they are very curious about
weapons, and a suicide attempt. it all happened in a port in panama. what appears to be missile parts hidden in the cargo of brown sugar. this ship was taken into custody last night, but the arrest of 35 crew members was not easy. ian lee joins us live from seoul to tell us more. good morning. reporter: morning, carol. what they found what was a drug tip-off, but what they found was a lot different, like you said, they found missile parts hidden among bags of brown sugar. and if this is truth, and this is a clear brazen attempt by the north koreans to transport weapons within the united states backyard from cuba, back to north korea in a clear violation of the u.n. sanctions against north korea, which bars it from importing and exporting weapons, panama has said, though, that they are going to bring a u.n. team in to inspect them to see what they really are. but when they are trying to take