An important quote in Panama

[PJMcK]

In order for my wife and me to obtain cedulas, which are Panamanian government ID cards used throughout the country superceding even our U.S. passports, we had to go through several procedures at the Electoral Tribune offices, The following quote was engraved above the entrance to the building.

"La salud de las democracias cualesquiera que sean su tipo y sagrado, depende de un mísero detalle técnico: el procedimiento electoral. Todo lo damas es secundario. Sin el apoyo de un autentico sufragio, las instituciones democráticas están en el aire."
- Jose Garcia Y Gasset

Translation:

"The health of democracies, whatever their type and form, depends on a seemingly insignificant technical detail: the electoral procedure. Everything else is secondary. Without the support of genuine suffrage, democratic institutions are left hanging in the balance."

This is something all Americans should remember or learn.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Have you received your cedulas? My pensioner residency is still being processed. I had to drive a long ways to

register my fingerprints with Costa Rica. I completed everything last month.

[PJMcK]

2. We got lucky

Our appointment was originally scheduled for March but one of our lawyer's other clients cancelled so we got them last week on Monday.

That completes all of our paperwork and permits, drivers licenses, Pensionada visas and cedulas. What a process but such a relief!

When should you get yours? Good luck!

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Not sure. Lawyer said a couple of months. I'm not required to get CR drivers license.