I do not know how Panama puts up with this. Jose Arcia at Mongabay reports that residents, authorities and experts report that the ranching industry has become a threat to the protected area. According to the most recent official data, the number of head of cattle in Darién Province has doubled. Darién is known as […]

  Chinese firms are already involved in dozens of infrastructure projects in Panama. And that number is expected to increase with growing ties. CGTN’s Roee Ruttenberg has more from Panama City.  See the article and video here

  Hollywood burger chain Fatburger and sister brand Buffalo’s Express are now available to Panamanian consumers as the brand has launched its first location in Latin America. “Opening in Panama is a tremendous opportunity for our brand as we have the ability to serve our great products and become a part of the surrounding communities,” […]

Monday June 26 was the first anniversary of the inauguration of the Expanded Panama Canal. In its first year of operation, over 1,500 Neopanamax vessels have transited the new locks. Container ships represent approximately 46.8 percent of traffic through the Expanded Canal, and the Panama Canal Authority has welcomed 15 new liner services. On May […]

Tracy L. Barnett at Global Sisters Report writes about our Bio Museum and the Web of Life Retreat that was held here in Panama. Tropical sunrise comes early, and so does the order of the day at the Web of Life retreat. Early morning rituals included an invocation of the four directions by David Molineaux, […]

I love small ship cruises. These are more like large luxury yachts! By Nikki Ekstein (Bloomberg) — Want to cash in your SPG and Marriott points for a yacht cruise? That may soon be possible, as Ritz-Carlton, Marriott International Inc.’s flagship luxury brand, announced a seafaring expansion Thursday. As part of the newly minted Ritz-Carlton […]

For every dollar invested in health and education, three need to be spent on direct social assistance in order to achieve the same effect on poverty reduction. The report “Impact of Public Expenditure on Poverty Reduction and Inequality” by the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUNIDES) has similar conclusions to similar studies carried out in other […]

Investigators in Chile have released thousands of declassified documents dating back to the Second World War, revealing the extent to which Nazi spies had infiltrated the country. Among the more shocking revelations is the discovery of a Nazi plot to destroy the Panama Canal—an act that would have changed “the history of the whole world.” […]

Part of the beauty of learning something historic, cultural, or artistic from another part of the world is it allows those unable to physically travel to experience other parts of the globe. This includes folk art, a style of that is created not by world-famous artists whose names we may remember but by those, according […]

The fallout from Odebrecht’s admission of foreign bribery will likely affect its engineering and construction business, as well as its consortium partners throughout Latin America, warn Brock Edgar and Devi Rajani from FTI Consulting. Brock Edgar and Devi Rajani report in LatinVest about this issue that affects all of Lat Am. Can Latin American construction […]