BUSES' PURCHASES PROSPECTS
* Panama - Colorful school buses on road to extinction
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Panama City -PAN -The Miami Herald, by SKY GILBAR -11 Nov 2006: -- The gleaming glass and steel towers in the upscale Marbella district could be in downtown Miami, until an army of old American Bluebird school buses, covered in stridently colorful murals, barrel down the streets... Nearly 2,000 such colorful buses known as diablos rojos, or ''Red Devils,'' now roam the capital, many with paintings of religious icons, pop culture heroes and usually salty street expressions... But the largely independent buses will be replaced by a $300 million municipal bus system next year, and many fear that this traditional form of urban art, along with the artists who create it, may disappear forever... The decorated buses first appeared in 1911. By the late 1960s, used buses from the U.S.-run Canal Zone appeared on the streets, each with a different owner wanting to show off with increasingly intricate artistic designs and murals... (Photo)
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