It’s Tuesday, March 1, and Panama just recognized nature’s “right to exist.” Panama’s president, Laurentino Cortizo, signed into law far-reaching protections for the natural world last week. The legislation, which was debated for more than a year in Panama’s National Assembly, recognizes the natural world as a “unique, indivisible, and self-regulating community of living beings” […]
In “Panama,” Mel Gibson plays Stark, a CIA operative who recruits James Becker, a Marine veteran played by Cole Hauser, to take on a top-secret arms mission to Panama in 1989, just before the U.S. invasion and the overthrow of Gen. Manuel Noriega. More…
From its most universal attraction, in Canal, to the surfing beaches of Santa Catalina, a route through the natural wonders of the Central American country. More…
Panama has stepped up security along its jungle border with Colombia in an effort to detect irregular migration movements and members of criminal groups. Speaking in Meteti, Security Minister Juan Pino said Friday that the “Wana Humaradá” operation would focus on four strategic points of the Darien region. It aims to prevent drug trafficking, human […]
BUSINESS WIRE – Live and Invest Overseas, the leading resource for people who want to live, retire, and invest overseas, announced today its six best international markets for investment property in 2022: Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Montenegro, Morocco, and the Philippines. These overseas destinations were chosen because they offer untapped, and in some cases, depressed real estate […]
Lufthansa Group’s new long-haul leisure airline, Eurowings Discover will start operations between Frankfurt (FRA) and Panama – Tocumen (PTY) as of March 27 with three weekly flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays operated by Airbus A330. The last operation of the German group in Panama – Tocumen (PTY) was in March 2020 by Lufthansa with […]
The rating actions follow the affirmation of Panama’s IDR at ‘BBB-‘ and the revision of its Rating Outlook to Stable from Negative. The revision of Panama’s Outlook to Stable reflects the ongoing improvement in the fiscal position and a better-than-expected economic recovery following the initial pandemic shock. Fitch’s fiscal expectations have improved amid a stronger-than-expected […]
Warmer temperatures this winter in Asia and higher gas demand in Europe are cutting demand for transit of vessels carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) through the Panama Canal, the waterway’s authority told Reuters on Wednesday. The Canal overall is facing higher seasonal demand for vessel passage with an average of 39 ships per day, and […]
The Ambassador of Panama in the Dominican Republic, Pablo Javier Pérez Campos, revealed that as a result of the agreements reached at the Summit Alliance for Development in Democracy held December in Puerto Plata, between the presidents of Panama, Costa Rica, and the DR, the would develop a tourist circuit between nations to provide visitors with a special and innovative experience, thus […]
The Latin American country has experienced one of the world’s most impressive—and surprising—trajectories of the past three decades. Panama gets a lot of bad press. Last October, its name was in the news again over the Pandora Papers. Nearly half of the hundreds of politicians and public officials (including three former Panamanian presidents) mentioned in […]