Sabrina Martin reports in Panampost of how Trump and the International Community Are Coming Together to Save Venezuelan democracy Every month international support for Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro’s administration is shrinking and becoming more and more isolated, thanks in part to the worsening living conditions in-country as well as joint efforts by Organization of American States Secretary […]
Figures from the information system on the Market for Frozen Shrimp and Shrimp in Central America compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [Figure caption = “Click to interact with graphics”] Explore data in interactive graphs. Change in exports Considering the January-September period, between 2013 and 2016 the total volume of exports of frozen […]
Low Tax reports on how Hong Kong functions as a financial center and gateway for investment entering and leaving China which is key to its recent prosperity and future growth. Very good read. It’s hard to classify what Hong Kong actually is in one neat description. It isn’t technically “offshore,” it’s not really a country, […]
gCaptain reports that Japanese container shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has taken delivery of the MOL Triumph, the new ‘world’s biggest containership’ and the first ‘megaship’ to pass the 20,000 TEU threshold. The MOL Triumph was delivered Monday by Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea, where the vessel has been under construction since […]
These two women have contributed greatly to our community of Boquete. Here is their story. “Thank you for choosing N & N Catering.. Since its inception in June, 2015, we have been able to donate over $15,000 to local charities, which included Buenos Vecinos, Handicap Foundation, Amigos de Animales, Hospice, private donations to animal rescuers […]
This lot is 2,590 square meters or approximately 27, 878 square feet (.64 acres) and located up in El Salto about 5 kms from Ave. Central, just minutes from town on a paved road. The site is serviced by water and electricity on the street and the lot has 35 meters of frontage. As seen in […]
How cool would this be!! It was over 100 ago when the RMS Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City. Now, for the right price, adventurous tourists may have the opportunity to see the shipwreck first hand aboard a manned submersible. The […]
Brenda Goh reports from Shanghai for Reuters. Chinese state firms have expressed an interest to develop land around the Panama Canal, the chief executive of the vital trade thoroughfare said, underlining China’s outward push into infrastructure via railways and ports around the world. The Panama Canal Authority will officially open a tender to develop about […]
Rómulo Bethancourt, one of Panama’s organized crime prosecutors, gives a press conference. Image: Ministerio Publico de Panama Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers affair, sold shell companies and held bank accounts that were used to help conceal bribes paid across South America, a Panamanian prosecutor alleged at a press […]
Camilo Mejia Giraldo reports in MongaBay that Panama will give its Barro Blanco dam an operational green light within weeks, defying decisions by indigenous authorities to block the project’s completion. For nearly a decade, Panama’s Barro Blanco dam has met with strong opposition from indigenous Ngäbe communities. It has also generated violent suppression from government forces, […]