The path to a World Cup berth from the Concacaf region is never a simple, seamless exercise. There are messy matches on foreign land and occasional slips at home. Clinching a place in soccer’s quadrennial spectacle takes dozens of players and most, if not all, of the qualifying calendar. Hopes can rise and fall with each […]
Panama’s Andres Andrade, left, battles Mexico’s Jesus Corona for possession of the ball during a World Cup qualifier in September. (Eduardo Verdugo / Associated Press) When Panama qualified for its first World Cup four years ago, President Juan Carlos Varela declared a national holiday, canceling school classes while closing shops and businesses. It was certainly a feat […]
Notarc Management Group establishes the Panama Development Fund (PDF), a LatAm focused venture and opportunity fund that has already made a significant investment in Fuel Venture Capital Partners, a U.S.-based Venture Capital Fund out of Miami Florida, to strategically align to expand technology investments throughout Central and South America via its hub in Panama, where […]
Panama canceled a contract with the Brazilian company CNO S.A. for “non-compliance” in the construction of a terminal at the country’s main airport, according to a statement by the general manager of Tocumen International Airport. “Tocumen has terminated the contract with the company CNO S.A. for breach of the obligations agreed in the contract,” according […]
By Marianna Parraga (Reuters) -Panama will advance a clean-energy push by embracing ethanol in its gasoline and ending the use of heavy fuels and coal for its power plants by 2023, the nation’s energy minister said. Even though Panama promotes itself as being carbon-negative, the Central American nation wants to further diversify its sources of […]
Michael Janson isn’t in a hurry. At 76 years old, the coffee farmer has significantly slowed down with age, taking his time to step down from his four-wheeler and onto the ground below. But that new pace seems to fit him just fine. The fallen leaves crunch with each careful step he takes toward the […]
The Government of Panama launched the new Panamanian Food Agency (APA) this Friday, with the promise that it will boost national production and prevent the disorderly importation of food products into the country. The APA “will be in charge of the management and verification of procedures for the agro-industrial and industrial production of food, export […]
U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Daleep Singh and Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo discussed Panama’s infrastructure needs and transparency in a meeting, according to a White House statement on Friday. The meeting also included Cortizo’s cabinet members, representatives of the Panama Canal Authority, and private sector business leaders, the statement said. Daleep Singh, the U.S. deputy […]
Another ultra luxury resort just opened in Bocas del Toro and it looks incredible. Bocas Bali Luxury Resort joins Isla Secas and Isla Palenque here in Chiriqui as a “must do destination” WHY IT RATES: Panama’s new branding efforts focus on its vision for sustainability and appeals to purpose-led travelers who share those values and who […]
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean via the Caribbean Ocean, and it allows ships to avoid sailing another 5,000 miles around the southern tip of South America.1 The canal’s engineering is complex. It’s more involved than digging a long trench at the shortest point, which is the Isthmus of Panama. First, […]