Carolyn Lamm, Partner, White & Case. A hearing by an international arbitral tribunal in Miami concluded last week on the first claim in the billion-dollar Panama Canal expansion dispute between the agency that operates the canal and the consortium of construction companies that built it. And although those promoting Miami’s growth as an international arbitration […]

As the middle class grows in Panama, malls are popping up in new areas.  We have one coming that is a $180 M monster coming to David. In Panama an environmental impact study has been submitted for construction of a shopping center measuring 129 thousand square meters in Penonomé, Cocle province. The Environmental Impact Assessment […]

This post and the story Jason Motlagh writes reads like a novel and it will be coming out as a movie in September put out by Dateline.  The Darién Gap is a lawless wilderness on the border of Colombia and Panama, teeming with everything from deadly snakes to anti government guerrillas. The region also sees […]

Thanks and a hat tip to Tim Ferris for this card. I would rather like one that said “Time is an illusion, but Love is an eternity” ~ Christian Lombardo

Ouch, I would hate to be a French business man in Panama and I am not sure that this is such a good idea. A new bill aimed at France will be in place to take trade, tax and migration measures on companies who put Panama on a blacklist. The government of Panama on Tuesday […]

A Conundrum – as sent to me by a friend who is another thinker!  Thanks Skip Makes you think…and, makes you wonder —- “Will we as a nation have to HURT before we witness a change for the better?” Example of a Conundrum: “A gun is like a parachute.  If you need one, and don’t […]

Here it is – rainy season – but when I woke up last Saturday, I had to get out to enjoy the beautiful weather. I decided to strap on my old GoPro to the hood of my Amarok truck and film the ride up the mountain that we so often enjoy doing.  With that I […]

The expanded Panama Canal has transited dozens of neopanamax vessels since the waterway’s inauguration on June 26. Sixty-nine vessels were handled in the new locks from the time of the inauguration through early August. Among those, 40 containerships, 24 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers, three vehicle carriers, and two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers have […]

My good friend Roberto Duran, Sr. sent me this article that was written by Tim Foley at Barron’s.  Roberto Duran (not the boxer as he says) is what business is all about here in Panama.  He owns and operates the VW dealerships (best in Panama) along with Audi, Kawasaki and more.  His operation is family […]

I just watched a sermon by a priest who visited Burning Man with his 22 year old daughter and found out what “community” is supposed to mean, people who freely give of themselves, hold no attitudes and feel safe where everyone has each others backs.  Our little community of Boquete is like that place and […]