My friend Geoffrey at Gateway to South America recently published this great interview with Yukon Huang about his book Cracking the China Conundrum: Why Conventional Economic Wisdom Is Wrong. Yukon Huang is a senior fellow with the Asia Program. He was formerly the World Bank’s country director for China and earlier director for Russia and the Former […]
Panama and China opened free trade talks on Monday with the aim of crafting an agreement that could turn the Central American country into a hub for Chinese goods across Latin America. Panama’s Minister for Trade and Industry Augusto Arosemena said the first round of talks would last until Friday, July 13, and establish the […]
Great article in PanamaToday about our team making it to the World Cup. While we did not win, the one goal we made was like a true dream come true. We did it!! The passion and joy of the Panamanian fans for their football team during their visit to the World Cup in Russia, combined […]
Cuban National Ballet (BNC) Prima Ballerina, Viengsay Valdes, described as a premiere her performance here along with her compatriot Osniel Gouneo, with whom she will dance for the first time the Russian version of Spartacus. In an interview with Prensa Latina, Valdes said that this second edition of the Panama Ballet Festival gave her […]
Panamanian and Chinese officials will launch the first round of trade negotiations in Panama City today with the aim of eventually inking a free trade agreement. The talks come one year after Panama switched diplomatic recognition China to Taiwan. China is Panama’s second largest source of imports, the second biggest user of the Panama Canal […]
The president is focused on stopping immigration at the border. That is like the little Dutch Boy putting his finger in the dike and hoping to stop the Atlantic Ocean. As other presidents have done, this one needs to stop the problem at the source. Both Honduras and El Salvador are failed states, no less […]
My friends at Punta Pacifica Realty in the City sent me this incredible video of dinning in the sky over Panama. Click on the picture above to experience it. This might be really cool or really crazy, depending on your perspective. A company called Dinner in the Sky Panama is offering people a chance to […]
Following the halting of the bidding process to build Phase I of the Free Zone in May, the General Directorate of Public Procurement has decided to lift the suspension. On May 18, a claim filed by Transeq-Estrella was published, arguing that in the bidding process there were “distinct inconsistencies, omissions and procedural flaws that must […]
Copa Airlines has announced that the investment includes the expansion of its training center for pilots and the purchase of new flight simulators. Representatives from the airline said that with the investments they will make in the training center in Clayton, district of Panama, training will be provided for the handling of the Boeing 737 […]
S & P has improved Panama’s outlook from stable to positive, re-affirming its BBB risk rating based on factors such as “high and consistent economic growth and a stable fiscal policy”. The rating granted by Standard & Poor’s recognized “ … the progress made by Panama in recent years for the automatic exchange of tax information […]