Panama’s greatest ever player discusses what it means for them to be at the World Cup, four years after narrowly missing out. He had seen them sobbing four years earlier and now he watched in silence as the tears returned, but it was different this time. Román Torres had just scored the late, late goal […]
Michele Labrut reports for Seatrade Maritime News on how Panama is joining the shipping digital community with the first web platform in the region which allows Panamanian importers and exporters to take advantage of this maritime and air connectivity. Recently set-up by Rommel Troetsch, www.bestfreightsearch.com or www.buscomejorflete.com is designed to facilitate competitive freight for Panama […]
Mimi Whitefield reports in The Miami Herald about the meeting in Miami of some 600 mayors from Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss how to improve their economies. Almost three-quarters of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean live and work in cities, which traditionally have been hubs of economic activity, entrepreneurship and […]
In Panama, FCC Construcción and Operadora Cicsa will be in charge of the expansion works to six lanes of the Las Playas Corridor, on the Santa Cruz – San Carlos section. The companies that took part in the tender for the extension of the road sections were the Consortium FCC-Corredor de Las Playas II, composed […]
The first video that I find amazing is the performance of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, perform Rent’s “Seasons Of Love” in honor of their theatre teacher, Melody Herzfeld, who was named the recipient of the 2018 Excellence in Theatre Education Award, presented by Carnegie Mellon. You have to turn this […]
MAREX reports on the new record set in Panama, again!! The Panama Canal set a new monthly tonnage record of 38.1 million tons (PC/UMS) after facilitating the transit of 1,231 vessels in May 2018. This is the third time a record has been set since the inauguration of the Expanded Canal. The previous record was […]
The 1,000-1 outsiders’ goalkeeper travels to Russia without fear: ‘Going to the World Cup gives you the opportunity to go into another dimension, another football planet for Panama’ When the final whistle blew in the Estadio Rommel Fernández to confirm their World Cup passage thanks to a 2-1 win against Costa Rica, an impromptu nationwide […]
Lot’s of focus on the games as they start next week. Here is an ESPN piece on the latest commentary and the story of Panama. Julio Dely Valdes had been waiting for this moment his entire life. The former Panamanian international player and manager was sitting in his living room in Malaga, Spain. Roman Torres […]
The Miami Herald reports in this AP article about Martinlelli’s return to Panama. Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli returned to Panama to face political espionage and embezzlement charges after being extradited from the United States on Monday. Panama’s Foreign Ministry said that the U.S. turned Martinelli over at Panama City’s international airport after a plane […]
End of the line for our South America vacation for Susie’s Birthday Month – Bariloche Patagonia!! No it is not Switzerland but Bariloche known as Argentina’s answer to Switzerland. St Bernard’s with whisky flasks and yes, they specialize in chocolate too! Situated on a series of lakes and flanked by the mountains of Patagonia, Bariloche […]