after 40 years of attempts by Panama, national meat products will finally be able to have access to the North American market.


News from Panama

This morning, the Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre and the regional director of Quarantine Services of the International Regional Agency for Agricultural Health (OIRSA), Raúl Rodas, signed an agreement to expedite payment through the regional agency of the inspectors of coil cattle slaughter plants in Panama. It should be noted that after 40 years of […]

April 14, 2023

Behind the making of Panama’s $100-a-cup coffee


News from Panama

Panama grows some of the world’s best coffee, but no brew may be more coveted than the “Geisha” varietal grown in remote parts of the country. The Panamanian version of the coffee, which can sell for up to $100 a cup in the United States, is among the world’s most expensive. In western Panama’s Chiriqui […]

April 6, 2023

Panama exported $16 million in beef to China in 2022


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The Minister of Agricultural Development, Augusto Valderrama, in the company of Deputy Minister Alexis Pineda, met with Wei Quiang, ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, to continue strengthening agricultural trade relations and the authorization of export plants for both pig and poultry slaughter in the country. The meeting where Erya Villarreal, Secretary General, Anaris […]

March 25, 2023

Two companies interested in maintenance of the Centennial bridge


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Two companies presented proposals for the public tender for the best value of the maintenance and rehabilitation project of the Centenario bridge. The fixed reference price reaches $5.6 million and the proposing companies were the CAA Centennial Bridge Rehabilitation Consortium (Centroequipos S.A., ARD Engineering INC., ATP Electronics, S.A.) with the sum of $ $6.2 million and […]

March 17, 2023

The Utah Public Radio newsroom goes to Panama


News from Panama

Utah Public Radio is partnering with Utah State University’s Biology Department and Ecology Center to gather and share stories about research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of Panama. UPR News Director Sheri Quinn and science reporter Colleen Meidt are meeting with Jerry Schneider, PhD postdoctoral fellow in the Beckman Lab. They […]

March 17, 2023

Group SURA posts 82% jump in Q4 net profit


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et profit at Grupo SURA, Colombia’s largest investment company, rose by 81.9% in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the year earlier period, the firm said in a statement late on Tuesday. The company posted a net profit of 688 billion pesos ($142 million) for the October to December period. Total revenues in the […]

March 17, 2023