Blessed are the poor in spirit


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Several years ago, a friend asked if I’d pray that she would learn how to become poor. I’ve prayed a lot of things for people—that cancer would be arrested, a surgery would be successful, someone would know the comfort of God while mired in grief, for troubled marriages and wayward children—but never that someone would […]

March 26, 2018

Tariff Conflict Between Panama and Colombia


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A little more than a month after the Panamanian government decided to raise import tariffs on various products as a measure of retaliation against the South American country, representatives from both governments reaffirmed their positions at a WTO hearing. The outcome of the hearing will be announced by the WTO between August and September, according […]

March 26, 2018

Sugar Business Growing in Central America


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In the first nine months of 2017, countries in the region exported $1.166 billion worth of sugar, 41% more than was sold during the same period in 2016. Figures from the information system on the Raw Sugar Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: Click to interact with graph Explore […]

March 26, 2018

Congress on Water Transport in Panama


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From May 7 to May 11, 2018 companies working in the international maritime industry will be gathering together in Panama City to discuss technical, economic and environmental issues related to water transport infrastructure. The congress will be held at the RIU Plaza Panama Hotel with the attendance of more than 500 participants and will have […]

March 26, 2018

Is the United States a Despotic Democracy?


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José Azel,  a scholar and author writes in the Panam Post about his view of the evolution of the US over time. Democratic despotism “…does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flow […]

March 26, 2018

Judge blocks Trump lawyers in Trump-Panama hotel dispute


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Jeff Horwitz and Lawrence Neumeister write for AP on thew ongoing saga. The owners of a formerly Trump-branded hotel in Panama scored a victory over the U.S. president’s companies Thursday when a New York judge blocked a Trump firm from pursuing arbitration claims aimed at restoring their control over the luxury hotel. Separately, Panamanian court […]

March 26, 2018

Why This Ship is a Cruise World Game Changer


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Ariande Barrios, Deal Expert in Miami writes about this new wonder ship. In the name of research, naturally, we’ve just sailed aboard the fabled new MSC Seaside to see what all the buzz was about. And the answer is … quite a lot. True to its rep as a Caribbean cruise game changer, the ship dished out […]

March 26, 2018

Wish you were here – Panama – Trailer


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Welcome to “Wish You Were Here,” a new Surfer YouTube series. Each episode will be an in-depth look into the very best surf zones at their most ideal conditions-filmed by the best cinematographers in our industry and scored to tunes taken straight off the crew’s playlist. Our goal is to get you psyched on planning […]

March 26, 2018

Saunders makes history with Panama Dreams


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Panama Dreams featured gripping reenactments of Prince Collymore, played by Green, a relative of Saunders who left Barbados in 1907 to journey to Panama to work on the construction of the Canal. It also featured the likes of Marcus Myers, Patrick Foster and Dy Browne. It included interviews with Panamians who were of Barbadian descent as well as persons living in […]

March 26, 2018