Children Dying in Panama

Poor kids in Panama die by the hundreds each year from preventable causes like chronic malnutrition ... but no one seems to care.

In 2006, Wilson Lucom, a wealthy American expatriate, chose to donate the bulk of his estate - now valued at over $100 million - to help eradicate childhood malnutrition.

But ever since it's been a legal nightmare.

Lucom's millions have been frozen in the courts for two and a half years as a powerful Panamanian family has tried to claim the money for itself.

U.S. attorney Richard Lehman, Lucom's attorney and chief executor of the estate, explains one plot by the family to seize the most valued item in Lucom's will - the 7,200 acre beachfront Hacienda Santa Monica, believed to be worth over $100 million.

More about the Wilson Lucom case in Panama at www.lucomchildren.com.

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• children dying
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• richard lehman
• children
• malnutrition
• poverty
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• unicef
• wfp
• hilda arias
• hector infante

[aletazul]

wow, i was not aware of this. as a panamanian living abroad, i am not surprised. it's very common for the typical panamanian mentallity of 'juega vivo' takes place, and today is more than before. i hope justice does happen, especially for the children.