Panama’s government says it will build a migrant shelter on its southern border with Colombia, after the latest wave of migrants crossed into the country. Some 716 migrants, mostly Cubans, entered Panama over the weekend through the jungle province of Darien. The director of Panama’s immigration agency says the latest group also included migrants from […]
Four years after the first Cuban migration crisis in Central America, about 600 Cubans and another 120 migrants from Haiti and Africa are again in Panama as part of a “freedom caravan” to the United States. “We want to go on! We want to go on!” the migrants are seen shouting at officials of Panama’s […]
Here is a satellite shot from NASA showing a panoramic view centered on the Azuero Peninsula of Panama. The southwestern Caribbean Sea and the cloud-covered Isthmus of Panama are to the left and the Gulf of Panama and the eastern Pacific Ocean with sun glint are on the right. Robin Andrews writes in Forbes about how […]
Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) candidate, Laurentino Cortizo, leads vote intention to occupy the presidency of Panama, a survey revealed on Monday. According to a survey carried out by StratMark Consultores, S.A for the May 5 general elections, Romulo Roux, of the Democratic Change party; and Jose Blandon, of the Panameñista Party follow Cortizo. The survey […]
Santa Catalina is famous among certain circles for La Punta, a challenging break off a rocky beach that attracts surfers from all over the world. This is a place I could disappear into. And over the course of the five days I spent in the remote village of Santa Catalina on Panama’s Pacific Coast, I […]
How to transit the Panama Canal in your yacht – preparation, costs, top tips and more from Behan Gifford for a smooth crossing from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean Cape Horn sailors and ditch diggers sacrificed all to make the path between the Atlantic and Pacific easier for the rest of us. It is […]
This is a second part of our story on where Susie and I have lived since we came to Boquete. While I love Jaramillo and the views across to Baru, I discovered that I would be single as Susie would not move up there. We are after all social creatures and enjoy simple lifestyles that […]
As reported in Seatrade Maritime News, Cargo volume in Panamanian ports hit a record 7.01m teu last year, but only showed a slight growth of 1.7% compared to 6.89 teu the year before. While a record volume growth was much slower than the 10.1% increase in container throughput at Panama ports in 2017. Transhipment boxes accounted […]
Ricardo Arias and Roberto Vidal at Morgan and Morgan write in Mondaq on the challenges Crowdfunding has here in Panama, One of the biggest challenges that micro, small and medium enterprises face when trying to settle in and achieve success as profitable businesses is to obtain capital and sources of financing. Sometimes, the most common […]
In the first six months of 2018, companies in the region imported $209 million in motorcycles, 20% more than in the same period in 2017. Central American Market Increases Between the first half of 2017 and the same period in 2018, the value imported into the region increased slightly by 20%, from $175 million to […]