I cannot wait for our new cruise terminal and the numbers show the need for the expansion. The number of tourists that arrived at the Amador marina in the first quarter of the year almost tripled compared to the figure for the same period in 2017, and the number of cruises grew by 45%. From […]

Mary Triny Zea writes for LatinoRebels on who climate change is affecting the Guna and their islands in the San Blas. The natives of Cartí Sugdup island, in the archipelago of Guna Yala —known worldwide as San Blas— on the northeast end of the province of Panama, are ready, between fears and hope, to move to […]

As if President Trump didn’t need another attorney problem, now this in from ABC with video and more. Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela says Trump Organization lawyers erred by sending a letter to his office directly appealing for help in a fight over the control of a luxury hotel in what experts say was a […]

In just the last few years, Panama City has won renewed recognition from American travelers. Easy access to the Panama Canal, easily one of the great wonders of the modern world, helps. But the way history melds with a cosmopolitan vibe has many modern-day explorers flocking to the city’s vibrant streets and sprawling shores. If […]

Panama is considering building a passenger train to Costa Rica with China, a project that would require an initial investment of $5 billion, Panama’s President told Reuters in an interview, a sign of the Asian country’s growing interest in Latin America. President Juan Carlos Varela said Panama is promoting infrastructure investment in general and will […]

Lizzie Pook writes on her travels in Luxury London.  It is a great article. From  howler monkeys and high-adrenaline pursuits to crumbling churches and winding waterways: searching for adventure-luxe in Central America. We’re hovering a thousand feet above the Panama Canal, the propellers close to our heads whipping through the air with a meditative hum, […]

In Panama, it is expected that the convention center that is being built in Amador and which will be completed by the end of the year will generate $18 million in its first twelve months of operation. Construction of the amphitheater, being done the consortium CCA-Cocige, is almost 70% complete to date, and it is […]

Security researchers have uncovered 1.5 billion business and consumer files exposed online – just a month before Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation comes into force. During the first three months of 2018, threat intel firm Digital Shadows detected 1,550,447,111 publicly available files across open Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) buckets, rsync, Server Message Block (SMB), […]

Panama is getting smarter in targeting improvements that will make Ag – Business more profitable here in Panama.  We are already looking into better quality Mango and Avocado orchard and the proforma is impressive.  Now the government is stepping up the incentives to include “… the purchase of equipment such as drones, agrometeorology systems, pest monitoring, […]