Bucking the historical trend, since 2013 the isthmus has taken off positively as an investment destination compared to other Latin American countries. A study by the CABI highlights how in recent years the Central American region, including the Dominican Republic, has been “seen with new eyes” by the rest of the world, as demonstrated by […]

Chabeli Herrera at The Miami Herald reported on the inaugural flight from Miami to Cuba. A mother and daughter from Utah took a leap to experience history. A couple snagged a chance to save money and see family. A woman returned home for a quick vacation. And a man finally had a chance at reunion […]

For years, the biggest nations have tried to to outsmart tax dodgers and reclaim trillions of dollars stashed in off-shore accounts. Many of them are tired of waiting and now just want to make peace and bring some of the money back home. From Indonesia to Turkey and India to Argentina, several of the world’s […]

The first shipment of liquefied natural gas from the lower 48 U.S. states to China arrived this week, thanks to the recently expanded Panama Canal’s easing access to the robust Asian market for U.S. gas exporters. The shipment was chartered by Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the company confirmed to The Wall Street Journal. The cargo, […]

The promise that some oil traders and brokers saw for an expanded Panama Canal to become a new route for large tankers will take longer to realize than expected because many ships must first undergo inconvenient retrofits to transit through the new locks, shipping industry experts said. The modifications to these bigger oil carriers – […]

I love my Amarok!!   In the first half of the year registration of vehicles grew by 7%, driven by registrations of SUV vehicles, which grew by 18% and by pickup trucks, which grew by 35%. Data from the Comptroller General of the Republic showed that in the first half of the year 33,164 vehicles were […]

$660 million will be invested to extend Line 2 up to El Dorado mall and extend by 2.2 kilometers Line 1 to Villa Zaíta, in the town of Las Cumbres. Among the advances made by Metro de Panama since the intention to extend the lines was announced in January 2016 is the preliminary design of […]

Expanding moorings in Gamboa on the Atlantic side, continuing construction of the third bridge over the canal, and building another on the mouth of the Chagres River are some of the works planned for 2017. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP by its initials in Spanish) will have a budget of $2.8 billion to manage in […]

Here is a great article by Michael Gerrity at World Property Journal on the report from STR. According to STR, hotels in the Central and South America regions recorded mixed results in the three key performance metrics when reported in U.S. dollar constant currency during July 2016. Compared with July 2015, the Central/South America region […]