PANAMA PRESS CONFERENCE: Private Interest Foundation for the Support of the Poor Children of Panama
During the press conference held on January 21, 2009, in which assisted attorneys Octavio del Moral, Jose Acevedo; Sister Lourdes, Richard Lehman and the ex-comptroller Ruben Carles, they explained that Lucom's Will has been object of lawsuits in the courts and is presently at the Supreme Court of Justice. Sister Lourdes further explained that “one of the objectives of the new foundation is to support any organization or person that submits a viable program in accordance with our benefactor. We trust in the Panamanian Justice.”
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Foundation to Support Children is Created
Lucom's inheritance is still in litigation. The poor children of Panama are waiting for a Court ruling that will benefit them with $50 Million. The message to the Supreme Court of Justice is -- rule on the law and rule quickly so children stop dying in panama.
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Children Dying in Panama
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.
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