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Changing times: how the wider Panama Canal may make 200 boxships redundant

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Changing times: how the wider Panama Canal may make 200 boxships redundant

Adrian Prozzo October 13, 2015

Mike Wackett at The Load Star explains how the opening of the expanded Panama Canal next year...

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Panama: Municipalities Will Not Set Rates on Real Estate

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Panama: Municipalities Will Not Set Rates on Real Estate

Adrian Prozzo October 13, 2015

Thank goodness for real estate property exemptions here in Panama.  If you are considering buying a property...

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Panama: Agrochemicals Too Expensive?

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Panama: Agrochemicals Too Expensive?

Adrian Prozzo October 13, 2015

I have never heard a farmer say, things are great and I am making a fortune.   With...

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Oil Palm: Another Victim of Cheap Oil

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Oil Palm: Another Victim of Cheap Oil

Adrian Prozzo October 13, 2015

Last year I thought this  might be an excellent venue for investment here in Panama.  I am...

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Panama: Tocumen to Issue More Debt

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Panama: Tocumen to Issue More Debt

Adrian Prozzo October 13, 2015

The company Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen has been authorized to issue securities in the local and international...

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Nicaragua constructing nine artificial islands to boost tourism

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Nicaragua constructing nine artificial islands to boost tourism

Adrian Prozzo October 13, 2015

Oh how touristy!  Kind of reminds me of Almirante here in Panama.  OK, hmmmmm! Nicaragua plans to...

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Boquete’s Tuesday Morning Market

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Boquete’s Tuesday Morning Market

Adrian Prozzo October 13, 2015

Probably one of the best things about our little community here in Boquete is our get together...

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Central America: Coffee Exports Recover

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Central America: Coffee Exports Recover

Adrian Prozzo October 6, 2015

In the first half of 2015 the region exported 580,000 metric tons of coffee, 9% more than...

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License To Launder: As Bal Harbour police chief, Tom Hunker was a larger than life figure who brought in millions

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License To Launder: As Bal Harbour police chief, Tom Hunker was a larger than life figure who brought in millions

Adrian Prozzo October 6, 2015

Just days after his undercover police flouted state law by using drug cash to pay their informants,...

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Mobile Internet Access Grows Fast in Panama

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Mobile Internet Access Grows Fast in Panama

Adrian Prozzo October 6, 2015

Prensa Latina reports on this trend. Mobile Internet access in Panama makes fast progress, as the country...

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