Panama cancels registry to 136 Iran-linked ships


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Panama’s vessel registry withdrew its flag from 136 ships linked to Iran’s state oil company in the last four years, according to the country’s maritime authority. As Reuters reports, Panama push back against claims by an anti-nuclear group accusing it of helping Iran export oil, mainly to China and Venezuela. In fact, earlier this week, […]

January 20, 2023

Panama says clock is ticking on First Quantum mine deal


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First Quantum Minerals Ltd. might not be as close to resolving its differences with the Panamanian government as the company suggested earlier this week. Chief executive Tristan Pascal said on a Jan. 10 conference call that First Quantum and Panama weren’t “far away” from a new agreement that would allow the Vancouver-based company to continue […]

January 20, 2023

Population and housing censuses begin in Panama


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Considered the most important statistical study of the country, Panama begins today and until March 4 the XII Population Census and the VII Housing Census. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), the count, pending since 2020 when it was postponed by Covid-19, will allow knowing how many Panamanians and foreign residents […]

January 13, 2023

Panama And India To Explore Green Hydrogen Collaboration


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Panama and India to explore green hydrogen collaboration. India and Panama are in talks to explore collaboration on renewable technologies like green hydrogen, said the foreign minister of Panama Janaina Tewaney Mencomo. In an exclusive interview with Mint, the Panamanian foreign minister said that both countries could collaborate to develop green hydrogen as an alternate […]

January 13, 2023