ONALD TRUMP’S administration is not famed for its adherence to highfalutin’ political principle, so John Bolton, the United States national security adviser, struck an unusual note when he claimed in a speech in Miami last month that the “Monroe doctrine is alive and well”. The reference to the 19th-century principle under which the United States […]
Panama City in Central America is a bustling city of 1.5 million people. It is a major financial hub as well as a popular tourist destination and fortunately the remains of the old Panama City , an area known as the Panamá Viejo, can still be seen and visited. Today it is a World Heritage […]
The Panama Canal’s revenues increased by 56.7 million dollars in the first trimester of this year, compared to the same period in 2018, according to preliminary statistics. The National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC) informed that 1.274,3 billion dollars were raised during the above-mentioned period by concept of toll payments from 7,392 ships that […]
Panama’s president-elect Laurentino Cortizo sent a message to prosecutors, judges, and magistrates to not respond to political pressures or economic sectors, but to their conscience. Cortizo’s remarks were made on Thursday. May 9 n the speech he gave after receiving the credentials as president-elect of from the president of the National Scrutiny Board, Nivia Rossana […]
The Big Global Day a census of bird populations that takes place annually since 2015 has once again listed Panama in the top 10 countries with the most species that can be seen in forests, beaches, and cities, Panama recorded 730 species that place it in the eighth place in the world and in the […]
In Central America, travel writers from The Times finds castaway islands and authentic encounters on a new voyage into one of the world’s most impenetrable regions. Distant drumbeats echo through the rainforest above the screech of birds. We’ve been on the Mogue River for an hour now, chugging along in a wooden dugout, the brown […]
At 66 years old, Cortizo’s election represents a continued consolidation of democracy in a country which celebrated its sixth presidential elections after the US invasion of 1986. Laurentino Cortizo is the new president of Panama. Known as Nito, this businessman and livestock trader won by a narrow margin of 2%, and will take up the […]
Panama remains the richest country in Latin America, according to a Latinvex ranking based on new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Meanwhile, Venezuela and Argentinaare declining on the ranking, which looks at gross domestic product based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) per capita GDP to measure wealth. While GDP per capita statistics remain controversial, the PPP measure is considered the most accurate […]
Panama’s electoral tribunal declared Laurentino Cortizo Cohen of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) winner of Sunday’s presidential election in Panama, with 33 percent of the votes, two points ahead of the openly right-wing Democratic Change candidate, Rómulo Roux, who acknowledged his defeat Monday afternoon. The election was another sign of growing opposition to inequality, albeit […]
In Panama’s presidential election, it’s what was left unsaid that resonates most. The winner of the May 5 vote, Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo is a 66-year-old former cattle rancher. With swept-back hair, a gravelly voice, and a sharp black suit, he has the air of a late-era Johnny Cash. On TV, he walked the line: […]