PANAMA CITY — The majority owner of President Trump’s only hotel in Latin America said Monday that Panamanian authorities had allowed him to take over management of the hotel — ejecting the Trump Organization, after a weeklong standoff over control of the property.
Orestes Fintiklis, a Cypriot businessman now based in Miami, said that a Panamanian legal official — who visited the hotel with a contingent of police on Monday — had allowed him to take over the hotel’s administration….
….“Today, this dispute has been settled by the judges and the authorities of this country,” Fintiklis told reporters. He declared that he was so impressed by Panama’s legal system that he would soon become a Panamanian citizen himself….
...“And now, as you guessed it, I will play the piano,” Fintiklis told a crowd of reporters. He then began to play a tune on the piano in the hotel lobby, repeating a ritual that he had used to mark previous victories in the case. This time, he played what he said was a traditional Greek song, “Accordeon,” an anti-fascist anthem, and he sang along in Greek.
Accordeon – English lyrics
In my old neighbourhood I had a friend
who knew and played the accordion
when he sang, he was like the sun
fires in his hands were ignited by the accordion
But at one dark night, like every other night
he kept look-outs, playing the accordion
fascist vans stood next to the pen
and a gunfire stopped the accordion
The already started watchword always comes back to me
whenever I hear the accordion since then
and it has, like a stamp, marked my life
‘fascism will not prevail!’
Sing it compatriot!
Perhaps we can all soon sing along!