The Panama Canal is a conduit for 6% of the global maritime traffic. But climate change is disrupting that trade. While high temperatures and little rain are the primary causes, four hurricanes over seven years have been equally devastating. The Panama Canal is in the midst of Panama’s rainforests, which cover 68% of its land […]
Dimitri Flores, a independent candidate seeking to stand in elections in 2024, posted the video from the scene after his aircraft crashed in a mountainous area in western Panama. The helicopter was carrying six people, including Mr Flores, all of whom have since been rescued. Some of them have broken bones. “We had an accident […]
Panama follows up on the data generated in the United States on combined vaccines against COVID-19 and influenza. New vaccines, combined vaccines, are being developed. In the United States of America there are several laboratories working on this issue. We hope that between October and November in the United States, at least two vaccines combined […]
The Public Ministry – through the Superior Prosecutor’s Office of the Environment, initiated an investigation into the crime against natural resources and against wildlife, after the discovery of two tons of Cocobolo wood, in the Sovereignty National Park. In coordination with the National Police and the Ministry of the Environment, the MP carried out an […]
According to authorities’ report, from January 1, 2022 to July 15, the drug seizure figure exceeds the results of the same period in 2021, seizing 68.5 tons of drugs. Joint actions have been conducted by the National Police, National Border Service and the National Aeronaval Service, with close collaboration with the Attorney General´s Office. In […]
This is not the first time that Daniel Runde, senior executive of the Center for International Strategic Studies, has written about the Panama Canal. He did so in 2011 when he analyzed the impact of the expansion of the road. In 2017, he described the exchange of messages between President Donald Trump and Panamanian Juan […]
To collaborate with the conservation of Panamanian mangroves, the National Audubon Society and the Audubon Society of Panama have created an alliance since last year to value, protect and improve the coastal natural capital of Panama Bay and Parita Bay with funds from the government of the United Kingdom, administered through the Natural Capital Laboratory […]
The whistle-blower behind the Panama Papers which revealed major tax evasion and fraud worldwide said he feared Russian retribution, in an interview published Saturday by Germany’s Der Spiegel. The magazine quoted him under his pseudonym John Doe as saying he had evidence of financial wrongdoing by top Russian officials and their allies which helped fund […]
Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, who faces open corruption investigations, declared on Thursday his intention to run as an independent in the country’s 2024 elections. Martinelli, who led the Central American nation from 2009 to 2014, said on social media he had formally registered his candidacy with the electoral authority. The controversial former leader faces […]
The multinational tobacco company Phillip Morris International (PMI) denounced in Miami (Florida) that Panama is the “world champion of cigarette trafficking” and called on the Panamanian authorities to enforce the laws that punish this crime. Grégoire Verdaux, senior vice president of External Affairs at PMI, spoke like this at a panel of the Concordia of […]