The Supreme Court of Justice of Panama endorsed this Friday as constitutional, with eight votes in favor, the candidacy of candidate José Raúl Mulino. Mulino was elected a candidate to replace former president, Ricardo Martinelli, when he was disqualified for a sentence against him of more than 10 years in prison for money laundering. He […]
The Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs and International Cooperation, Yill Otero, met with the executive director of the Inter-American Institute (IAI), Anna Stewart Ibarra, who officially issued the news that this intergovernmental institute will establish its regional office in Panama. “We continue to consolidate ourselves as a regional hub,” said Deputy Minister Otero, after the […]
The president of the National Scrutiny Board (JNE), Nivia Rossana Castrellón, in an interview with ANPanama explained the functions of this entity for the next elections on May 5, where the most important is to proclaim the next President of the Republic, and ruled out that fraud can take place. He assured that due to the format […]
President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen signed a decree that establishes the guidelines for the development and promotion of microelectronics and semiconductor activity in Panama, the decree lays the foundations for creating a strategy and a national action plan in a coordinated and long-term way. The strategy seeks to insert Panama into the global chain of microelectronics […]
Panama has made “many efforts” for the restoration of the Fortifications of the Caribbean Coast of Panama, a World Heritage Site since 1980, but there is still work to be done in that regard, said the culture specialist and in charge of the culture sector of the UNESCO regional office for Central America, Mexico and Colombia, […]
The Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the general elections in Panama, led by the former chancellor of Argentina, Susana Malcorra, began its deployment in the country today for the elections on May 5,” the OAS said in a statement. The mission, which will arrive in that country in […]
The Latin American Stock Exchange (Latinex) together with the IDB Invest, seek to position Panama as a leader in sustainable finance in Latin America, and to this end it held a workshop to exchange experiences and learnings on “Thematic Bond Issues for Financial Institutions.” This workshop not only brought together the country’s leading financial executives, […]
Panama recalled its ambassador to Nicaragua on Monday for consultations, citing the government’s “energetic protest” against what it called the illegal protection afforded to a former Panamanian president at its embassy in Panama City. In a statement, Panama’s foreign ministry accused the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega of allowing Ricardo Martinelli to conduct political […]
The Republic of Panama reinforces its role as Hub of Hubs, this time as a hub of International Cooperation, Triangular Cooperation and South-South Cooperation. In the Ricardo J. Amphitheatre. Alfaro of the Foreign Ministry, the event called: “Presentation of Good Practices of the Joint Fund for Cooperation Uruguay – Mexico” was held, an activity in […]
The telecommunications company CW Panama announced on Thursday that it will start the tests in a controlled environment to deploy the 5g network in Panama. The announcement was made by the president of the company Rocío Lorenzo during her annual Move On event in which they make known the new trends in the industry and […]