“They say that people in America like mezcal a lot,” says Fortunato Angeles, leaning on a wooden tank of fermenting agave. “I like the work because it puts food on the table.” Four generations of his ancestors have distilled the smoky spirit from ripe maguey, or agave, toiling under the Oaxacan sun in southern Mexico […]
Boquete was very busy this week with celebrations, parties, dances and of course the largest parade in honor of Panama’s independence from Spain. Click on this picture to see the video that my friend John Hampton shot of the parade. There was even a huge horse parade earlier in the week. History of Independence: Rebels […]
Flights between the Asian country and Tocumen, a feasibility study to build a train to the border with Costa Rica and cooperation in financial, energy and maritime matters, are some of the results on offer from the agreements signed between the Chinese and Panamanian governments. Since the breakdown of Panama’s diplomatic relations with Taiwan and […]
On a warm and cloudless Sunday afternoon in the middle of August, Michelito Lagravere strode into the brand-new Caliente Plaza de Toros in downtown Tijuana to the sound of his name chanted by 3,000 spectators. Barely taller than a bull himself—hence his name, Little Michel, after his father, a French-born bullfighter—Lagravere is unassuming and […]
If the bill that has already been approved in a first debate in Congress successful, the Panamanian mobile telephone market will have only three participants, instead of four, as at present. The aim of the bill is “… to consolidate the market so that the necessary investments in infrastructure can be achieved and thus technologically […]
In August 2017, 36 environmental impact studies were submitted in the centralamerican countries to build sewer systems, roads and government offices, among other things. Data from the interactive platform “Construction in Central America”, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: Panama is where the largest amount of investment is concentrated, with about $570 million […]
Ten companies have already expressed interest in the free zone that Tocumen is set to develop in the airport’s cargo terminal, whose tender is scheduled for the end of November this year. The logistics zone will cover a total area of 35 hectares, but the first stage, which will begin in the first quarter of […]
The Panama-Pacific commemoratives originally were sold both individually and in sets. A single example sold for about double its face value. A three-coin “small set” without a gold $50 sold for $7.50; a four-coin set with only one of the gold $50s was sold for $100; and a five-coin set with both gold $50s […]
Katherine Martinez reports for Associated Press in Panama. Nine years ago, a trove of intricate gold artifacts were uncovered at a little-known archaeological site in Panama. The treasures dating from over 1,000 years ago included gold beads, strange ceramic pots, and chest plates engraved with delicate designs in forms such as a squid and human […]
If the request by the Panamanian Ministry of Commerce and Industries is approved, a new tax of up to 40% could be established on the dividends distributed by Colombian companies. In response to a decision by the Colombian government to extend the import tariff for footwear and textiles from Panama for two more years, the Panamanian […]