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Just drink one more shot and then I’ll give you the antidote,” Chen Gangliang, the founder of China’s only camel milk company, slurs at me.  We are in the sandy desert of western China but in the middle of a fish banquet, harvested from the area’s two freshwater lakes, which were supposedly formed from the […]

September 25, 2017

Three Offers to Build $70 million Jail


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Chinese and Panamanian companies make up the consortiums that submitted offers ranging between $76.7 million and $77.4 million to build a new prison complex in Colón, Panama. The government ministry received the three proposals on September 18 in the best value tender for the project “Study, Design, Construction and Equipment of a New Penitentiary Complex in Colón”, which will be […]

September 25, 2017

New Date for Tender of Fourth Bridge Over the Canal


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After being postponed twice, the Panamanian government has announced that the date for opening proposals in the tender to design and build a fourth bridge will now be October 4. A statement from the Presidency states that “ …The Fourth Bridge over the Panama Canal must meet a number of requirements such as: gauge or minimum height over navigation channel of 75 […]

September 25, 2017

The Beef Market in Central America


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In 2016 countries in the region exported 41,208 tons of beef to the US, 7% more than in 2015. Figures from the information system on the Fresh, Refrigerated and Frozen Beef Market in Central America, complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData:  Variation of regional exports  Between 2015 and 2016, the export value of fresh, chilled […]

September 25, 2017