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 […]
A number of Latin American embassies in France have denounced a local auction house for trying to sell artefacts dating back to pre-Columbian times, calling for auction to be stopped and artefacts repatriated, with Mexico insisting 83 of the 148 items belong to the country. Embassies of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama and Peru […]
The Government of Panama and a Chinese consortium signed an addendum on Wednesday that will allow the restart “in the coming months” of the construction of the Fourth Bridge over the Interoceanic Canal, a “mega work” of infrastructure with an adjusted cost of $1,518 million. This project was awarded in 2018 to the Panama Fourth […]
Panama City, the perpetually flowering capital of Panama — the small tropical country that bridges North and South America — has been fought over since its founding. The city and commercial hub, famous for the engineering marvel that is its canal, is among the unsung cosmopolitan capitals of the Americas. Flashy highrises and an eclectic […]
For the president of the Epiroc parts and Services division, Nelson Trejo, it is necessary to develop a regional agreement that turns Latin America into a “cluster of mining development,” with the aim of leading the energy transition of the coming decades. Accelerating the transformation is as important as increasing collaboration between stakeholders in the […]
The XVI version of the Panamerican Surfing Games 2023 will bring together in Panama from April 21 to 30 400 athletes from 22 countries who will aim to win one of the 42 places for the Pan American Games of Santiago de Chile 2023 that will be in October, the organizers of the fair reported. […]
\ At 6:00 a.m. on Friday, March 24, the new fuel prices in Panama will apply. The price of a liter of 95 and 91 octane gasoline rises $0.003 to $0.011, while the price of a liter of low-sulfur diesel will decrease by $0.031. The maximum prices will be valid until April 7, 2023. In […]
The Republic of Panama, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), issued a Global Bond on the international market with a maturity of 2054 for an amount of $1 billion, with a coupon and yield of 6.853%. The Global Bond was also reopened with maturity in 2035 for a total amount of $800 million, […]
The President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, participated last night in the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Hemato-Oncological Center Panama (CHOP), in The Panama Clinic hospital, with modern facilities suitable for the comprehensive care of his patients. In the company of hospital managers, the president took a tour of the new CHOP […]
continuing with its plan of changes worldwide, the McDonald’s restaurant chain in Panama implemented an evolution in its classic burgers such as the Big Mac, Cuarto de Libra, Hamburger and Cheeseburger, changes that integrate a series of small changes in the formulations of its ingredients and production, cooking and preparation processes. This series of changes […]