Either the way you look at it, it's none of his business or any business of any foreigner as to the internal politics of this country.imho. Are you speaking as an American citizen or a Panamanian citizen?
"Are you speaking as an American citizen or a Panamanian citizen?"
This is too funny, while I obviously live in panama (part of the time, maybe you can ask free republic to do split flags for muitiple residences if you need to know more), does my nationality impact my ability to post on this thread? I admit some bemusement at your comments, particularly given that you bothered to pull my profile and subsequently questioned my nationality, you might have read through some comments and figured it out quickly. Where have I ever implied that I am a dual national???
As far as the right of non-citizens to comment on a given country's internal politics, if you are speaking as an american citizen (if that is the criterion for commenting, though I never heard of it before), you might review the history of the US government and US government officials of commenting on the internal politics of other countries. It is a fact of life and of realpolitik, and unlike many of the third world countries the US has nudged one way or another, overtly or otherwise, the comments of this brit in a liberal paper of the most powerful country in the world aren't going to mean anything in the end.
I think if you have an issue, it SHOULD be with the NYT more than anyone else.