Carlos Salazar

Our Names and Technology

Richard Fifer, who by the way, this year organized the first basketball cup in his honor, is not immune from this phenomenon.

Dale Carnegie sales and human resources seminars show there is nothing more pleasing to the ear than to hear your own name being said, so it is considered a fatal error to not remember the name of another be they a potential client, partner or lover.

With new technologies one finds ones name, something so precious, is not as unique as we believed. For example, I personally found while surfing the net, there is a Guatemalan General in the history of this neighboring country whose name was Carlos Salazar, there is indeed a stadium named after him.

In Colombia there is an excellent football player and in Argentina a former world boxing champion, while in Panama the Manager of the President Remon Racetrack all have my same name, Carlos Salazar.
Other than having my same name, we have nothing else in common, I have not ridden a horse in my entire life, not played football, I am not a boxer nor am I in the military. The same will happen to Mario Mendoza, Jorge Ruiz, Joseph Dusek or Owen Vernon, they will have their counterparts in the world.

The father of modern mining in Panama, Richard Fifer, who by the way, this year organized the first basketball cup in his honor, is not immune from this phenomenon. People in North America and certainly in Europe and elsewhere, who have the same name yet do not necessarily enjoy the same prestige or authority. This situation occurs to Ricardo Martinelli, President of the Republic of Panama or Oscar Arias, outgoing President of Costa Rica. Personally, I would not be surprised that among my namesakes, there are some with an implausible life and career. If we look on the internet, surely we will not only find Carlos Salazars, but also Richard Fifers, as well as the names of prominent figures of Panamanian society and of any society wherein the naming of a newborn is at the liberty of the parent, therefore a name is not exclusive property of the user as you can well see by surfing the internet.