Panama inaugurates third bridge over Panama Canal


News from Panama

The Washington Post wrote an article on the inauguration of the third build over the Panama Canal. Panama has inaugurated the third bridge connecting the country’s eastern and western halves over the Panama Canal. The $380 million bridge built by the Panama Canal Authority two decades after the U.S. turned the canal over to Panama […]

August 6, 2019

White-tailed deer were predominant in pre-Columbian Panama feasts


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In pre-Columbian times, the white-tailed deer was among the most abundant and frequently consumed mammals in Panama. It was also an icon, represented on thousands of clay vessels. Through an analysis of deer remains in refuse piles at the Sitio Sierra archaeological site, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) discovered signs of “feasting […]

July 31, 2019

IMF staff concludes visit to Panama


News from Panama

A staff team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Alejandro Santos, visited Panama during July 17-23, 2019, invited by the Panamanian authorities. At the end of the visit Santos issued the following statement. “While Panama remains among the most dynamic economies in Latin America, the economic recovery has been slower than anticipated. Real […]

July 31, 2019

Laureate Education to sell school in Panama for $87M


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Laureate Education Inc. has a deal to sell a higher education institution in Panama for a tentative price of $86.75 million. The Baltimore-headquartered network of degree-granting schools said Monday it had agreed to sell Universidad Interamericana de Panamá to Universal Knowledge Systems Inc. and Global Education Services Inc. The Panamanian school joined the Laureate International Universities network […]

July 31, 2019