Behind the Cover: Nathan Florence in Panama


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The North Shore charger talks about the wave that made the cover of SURFER Vol. 59 #3 The photo above of Nathan Florence backdooring a green-lit cavern landed on Pg.1 of SURFER magazine’s newest issue. Staff photographer Ryan “Chachi” Craig captured it while on a hopeful strike mission to Panama with Florence, Billy Kemper and […]

May 1, 2018

What I am watching now


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Dealt documentary (Amazon, other options) directed by Luke Korem. This absolutely blew my mind, and I don’t want to spoil it with description. Trust me and watch the short trailer above. Truly amazing. I can’t remember the last time I finished a documentary, only to want to immediately watch it again. I also can’t remember a […]

April 24, 2018

Latin America: Panama, Peru Lead GDP Growth


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Latinvex reports on the economies of Latin America and guess who is the overall winner – PANAMA!!! Despite business-friendly governments in Latin America’s top three economies of Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, they will be among the top laggards in Latin America GDP growth this year, according to a Latinvex analysis of new estimates from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Only economic […]

April 24, 2018

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This in from Ozy.com on their experience eating street food in Panama.  While I also like the traditional Pescado Entero, I know of many more place that I would go to for great fish, namely on most of the  beaches of Panama. Peach Fuzz International has nothing to do with peaches and everything to do […]

April 24, 2018

New Player in Automotive Market


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This was a huge deal for Ricardo Perez. ITOCHU Corporation (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo; Yoshihisa Suzuki, President & COO; hereinafter “ITOCHU”) announced today that it has taken effective control of Ricardo Pérez S.A. (hereinafter “RPSA”), which is an exclusive distributor for the Toyota and Lexus in Panama and currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo […]

April 24, 2018

This Engineering Titan Is Building Panama’s Future


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Why you should care. Because Ilya Espino de Marotta led one of the largest engineering projects of this century. You go girl! When Ilya Espino de Marotta lifted off in a helicopter to survey her $5.2 billion project, her legs turned to jelly. That’s because this marine engineer, whose day job often has her evaluating very, very […]

April 23, 2018