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Costa Rica and Mexico have also dropped out
Panama is the latest Latin American country to drop out of Donald Trump's Miss Universe Pageant after he made derogatory comments about immigrants, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Costa Rica and Mexico have already announced they won't participate in the contest, which is partly owned by Trump. Now the Miss Panama Organization has added their name to that list as well. Additionally, the Telemetro television channel has said it will no longer broadcast the pageant.
Organizers say the decision to drop out is "a message of solidarity" to the Mexicans who were offended by Trump's recent description of Mexican immigrants as rapists who bring drugs into the United States.
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Panama hosted the pageant in 1986 and 2003.