The 2021 Building Construction Census, published by the Institute of Statistics and Census of the Comptroller General of the Republic (Inec), for the same period in 2020, reflected an increase in the total of areas built in square meters of 188.5%, in the districts of Panama and San Miguelito. The differences are the result of […]
Michelle Muschett, new UNDP director for Latin America and the Caribbean. Panamanian Michelle Muschett was appointed as the new director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Latin America and the Caribbean, replacing the Mexican Luis Felipe López Calva. The spokesman for UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq, explained on Tuesday that Muschett is a specialist […]
Since the new US ambassador to Panama, Mari Carmen Aponte, arrived on Panamanian soil, she has remained active working, from meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Janaina Tewaney, as well as with senior officials of the Executive and Judicial Body. Aponte, just two days after her arrival, met with the Minister of Public Security, […]
Panama is positioned as an ideal destination for meetings and congresses at an international level. With only one year of operation, the Panama Convention Center doubled the estimates of visitors and scheduled events. “We had a planned goal of 6 events and 48,150 visitors. We are going to close with a forecast of 60 events […]
The sea turtles of Punta Chame, a peninsula of Panama that juts into the Pacific Ocean, face an existential threat similar to the rhino and pangolin: human superstition. The eggs of the protected olive ridley turtle, illegally harvested from the beach, are sold door to door in town for 75 cents to $1 each for […]
The Deputy Minister of Finance, Jorge Luis Almengor, said that Panama is a carbon-negative country, one of the few countries in the world that has this characteristic. This approach was made at the conference on sustainable development in Central America and Panama organized by the Spanish news agency EFE to commemorate his 50 years of […]
The head of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Panama, Stewart Tuttle, pointed out that relations between the two nations are at a great time. He announced his new position at the embassy The head of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Panama, Stewart Tuttle, said that relations between Panama and the United States […]
This new edition of the 2022 Latin American Walkway presents the most recent proposals from Latin American designers such as Annie Chajin from Panama. Ten fashion shows with Latin crafts as the flag, the paintings of the Mexican Juan Carlos Santoscoy and the creations of the also Mexican jeweler Daniel Espinosa will be part of […]
This week, governments will descend on Panama City for another Conference of the Parties (CoP) to an international agreement, this time to take key decisions to make sure the international trade of animals and plants doesn’t threaten their survival. BirdLife will be in attendance to use our extensive knowledge and experience in conservation to help […]
The government of Panama set on Monday a deadline for Canada’s First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) to ink a long-awaited contract that allows the company to keep running its flagship Cobre Panama copper mine. The Vancouver-based miner and the Ministry of Commerce and Industries of Panama began negotiations to renew the contract for the mine […]