My friend Gilberto Young sent me a copy of this documentary and while it is long, it is very thorough in the story of the Canal. A very Long video, but an excellent presentation, showing the history of the PANAMA CANAL during the days of its construction, that was authorized by the former US president, […]
World Cup Soccer is only a month away!! Panama feature perhaps their best generation of players, a mix of outgoing veterans such as goalkeeper Jaime Penedo (36 years old), defender Felipe Baloy (37), Blas Perez (37) in attack and captain Roman Torres (32), along with a youth movement charged with maintaining the success that led […]
This is a beautiful ship and the crossing must have been epic! I drilled down into their web site for the adventures that they offer and included the information at the end of this post. Careful watching the video, you may get hooked on a cruise this summer. A 168,028-ton Norwegian Cruise Line ship traveled […]
The treaty signed by Panama and China last year on maritime transport will enter into force on 17 May. The agreement will promote maritime and port development of Panama and China, strengthen the Ship Registry and support the Chinese Maritime Authority in the maritime safety issues of Panama-flaggedvessels sailing in its waters. Last November, Panama and the People’s Republic […]
“Travelers” are often pretentious. They like to make a clear and rigid distinction between themselves and “tourists.” Travelers like to think that by staying longer in a place, they are somehow more entitled than the average visitor. But they’re fooling themselves. Travelers are just tourists with dirtier luggage. And Nathan Fletcher, who’s never been one […]
December 1962 President Kennedy is presented the flag of the 2506 Brigade. Miami, Florida, Orange Bowl Stadium. L-R: Eneido Oliva, Miami Mayor Robert King High, Jose Perez San Roman, Manuel Artime, President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, former Cuban President Jose Miro Cardona, and Reverend Ismael Lugo. Photograph by Cecil Stoughton, White House, in the John F. […]
Citing high operating costs and the increase in the airport tax, the low cost airline VivaColombia has announced that it will stop flying between Panama and the cities of Bogotá and Medellin. Through a statement, the airline reported that “… VivaColombia, the first low cost airline in the country, announces that it will cancel its Bogota-Panama-Bogotá […]
In order to compensate for some of the decrease in the arrival of visitors from Colombia and Venezuela, Panamanian authorities have increased promotion in markets such as China, Canada and the USA. The aim is to attract tourists with greater purchasing power, and to compensate for the reduction that for various reasons has been recorded […]
The General Directorate of Civil Aviation has once again suspended, this time indefinitely, the operating permit for the company Nature Air. Following the accident that occured in Guanacaste in December 2017, in January the General Directorate of Civil Aviation decided to temporarily suspend flights, arguing that due to problems in the company’s administrative structure, they […]
Victor H. Becerra writes for PanAm Post about the upcoming election in Mexico and how it may affect Mexico. The Mexican economy had remained relatively immune to the possibility of Andrés Manuel López Obrador triumphing in the next presidential election; that is, until recently, when this false sense of tranquility disappeared. Markets are now beginning […]