One Year of Crisis: How are Economies Recovering?


News from Panama

Twelve months after Central America began a health and economic crisis triggered by the covid-19 outbreak, Guatemala was the fastest recovering economy and Panamanian economic activity is the slowest to return to pre-pandemic levels. In March 2020, the first cases of covid-19 began to be detected in the countries of the region. The highly contagious disease, which at […]

March 16, 2021

Panama- OPINION A Shameful Disaster


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How can we aspire to become a developed country, modifying laws and decrees to deliberately be an underdeveloped country? The Inter-Institutional Council for Basic Certification in Medicine and a couple of unpresentable deputies maintain their initiatives – a resolution and a bill, respectively – to lower the necessary qualification in order to verify the minimum […]

March 16, 2021

Panama- Doctors march to protest bill to lower standards


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Medical students, doctors and authorities from the University of Panama marched to the National Assembly on Thursday to  demand the withdrawal of a bill that regulates the certification and recertification of doctors. The proposal also seeks to lower the qualification score currently required to receive medical certification. The Rector of the University of Panama, Eduardo […]

March 16, 2021

Rare black jaguars caught on camera in Panama


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Two melanistic jaguars have been documented by camera traps in Panama’s Mamoní Valley. Researcher Kimberly Craighead with the Kaminando—Habitat Connectivity Initiative working there says they have identified 15 individual jaguars in the area, which is covered in primary and secondary forest. In addition to the two melanistic animals there, the team knows of three others […]

March 16, 2021

Prolonged school closings challenge patience in Panama


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Yoselin was left without a preschool. Brithany’s virtual classes were suspended. Rafael still struggles with the computer, while Santiago has an at-home teacher who works outside of the formal system. In Panama, children and their parents are suffering more and more with the prolonged closure of schools. Érica Luna, a Nicaraguan immigrant, is 29 years […]

March 16, 2021

Marriott Opens Residence Inn in Panama


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Marriott has debuted its first-ever Residence Inn hotel in Panama City, Panama, Caribbean Journal has learned. The hotel has 144 suites set across 12 floors in the Punta Pacitica area of the capital. The property has a lobby bar, daily hot breakfast, a convenience store, an infinity pool and amenities like free Wi-Fi. “We continue […]

March 16, 2021

Panama receives US$350mn digital transformation loan


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Latin American development bank CAF has approved a US$350mn loan for digital transformation in Panama. The country is implementing a program to eliminate the digital divide and transform the public and private sectors, CAF said in a statement, adding that the loan was approved by the board on Tuesday. Measures to be financed include the implementation of […]

March 9, 2021

Colombian National Extradited From Panama To Face Drug Charges In The United States


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Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Gerardo Gomez-Lubo, a/k/a Francisco Niño (42, Colombia), with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine knowing and intending it to be imported into the United States. If convicted on all counts, Gerardo Gomez-Lubo faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. According to […]

March 9, 2021