The former president, whose chosen successor, Jose Domingo Arias, was defeated in the May 2014 election by Juan Carlos Varela of the Panamenista Party, left the country in early 2015. Martinelli did not officially launch the 3-1-1 program until the next summer, when he authorized a payment of about $1.6 million to the consortium that included Medata.Īsked about the payment issue, Medina wrote: “Medata as a stand-alone company bid on work, won contracts and performed services for other governmental agencies and nongovernmental customers.” came in November 2009, four months after Martinelli took office, from the Ministry of the Presidency. The comptroller’s records don’t detail the reason for the payments, leaving it unclear if they were related to the 3-1-1 project or, if not, what other services Medata S.A. The records also list other contracts, together worth about $6.5 million, between the government and the 3-1-1 consortiums that included Medata. 19, 2013, it received a contract for $843,106 from the Ministry of Public Security. 23, 2012, it received a check for $257,961 from the National Authority for Innovation in Government. got a $260,508 contract from the Ministry of the Presidency. On June 7, 2010, for example, records show that Medata S.A. Some of the transactions involved large amounts. The money stream of 50 payments came from 10 federal agencies, ranging from the National Police to the Ministry of the Presidency to the Health Ministry. was paid about $2.5 million in checks and bank transfers between late 2009 and late 2014. He wasn’t a public servant in the administration,” he said.Īccording to the comptroller’s records, Medata S.A. I didn’t see him until the next election in 2014. I didn’t work for the government,” Medina said in a recent interview, also denying he received any special access or favors.Ī former government minister for the Martinelli administration, who spoke off the record, said Medina’s profile was very low after the May 2009 election. He said he personally had little involvement with the administration of President Ricardo Martinelli, who left office in July 2014 and went into exile the next year amid accusations of corruption and illegal spying. “As an owner of Medata, we partnered with Rocksolid Technologies in a consortium to bid on contracts to provide 3-1-1 and other public services,” he wrote in an email, noting that he went from being a majority to minority owner of Medata in 2012. The center handles citizen complaints and questions, similar to the 3-1-1 service available in San Antonio and elsewhere. Medina said some of the payments were for Medata’s minor role in launching Panama’s first 3-1-1 call center in 2010. Hadden Pioneer Award for ensuring equitable access to information for the Spanish-speaking population in the U.S and Mexico.The payments to Medata in checks and bank transfers are found in publicly accessible records of the Panama comptroller’s office. Murrow Award, and the Alliance for Public Technology’s Susan G.
His recognitions include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Prize, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Edward R. In 1976 he was the moving force of a group of Latino farmworkers, artists, activists and teachers that founded Radio Bilingüe in California’s San Joaquin Valley, and he has led the organization ever since to its current position as a major national public media service. He grew up picking grapes and attending public school in Sonoma County, CA, then went on to graduate from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Hugo Morales is a Mixtec Indian from Oaxaca, Mexico who at the age of nine immigrated to California with his family. KTQX- Lamont Volunteers Hugo Morales, Founder and Executive Director
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