{"id":12680,"date":"2015-02-16T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=12680"},"modified":"2015-02-16T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T19:44:11","slug":"panama-u-turn-over-gasoline-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/panama-u-turn-over-gasoline-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama: U Turn Over Gasoline Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/gas20tax1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12681\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/gas20tax1.jpg\" alt=\"Oil Prices\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/gas20tax1.jpg 640w, 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