“Travelers” are often pretentious. They like to make a clear and rigid distinction between themselves and “tourists.” Travelers like to think that by staying longer in a place, they are somehow more entitled than the average visitor. But they’re fooling themselves. Travelers are just tourists with dirtier luggage. And Nathan Fletcher, who’s never been one […]
December 1962 President Kennedy is presented the flag of the 2506 Brigade. Miami, Florida, Orange Bowl Stadium. L-R: Eneido Oliva, Miami Mayor Robert King High, Jose Perez San Roman, Manuel Artime, President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, former Cuban President Jose Miro Cardona, and Reverend Ismael Lugo. Photograph by Cecil Stoughton, White House, in the John F. […]
Citing high operating costs and the increase in the airport tax, the low cost airline VivaColombia has announced that it will stop flying between Panama and the cities of Bogotá and Medellin. Through a statement, the airline reported that “… VivaColombia, the first low cost airline in the country, announces that it will cancel its Bogota-Panama-Bogotá […]
In order to compensate for some of the decrease in the arrival of visitors from Colombia and Venezuela, Panamanian authorities have increased promotion in markets such as China, Canada and the USA. The aim is to attract tourists with greater purchasing power, and to compensate for the reduction that for various reasons has been recorded […]
The General Directorate of Civil Aviation has once again suspended, this time indefinitely, the operating permit for the company Nature Air. Following the accident that occured in Guanacaste in December 2017, in January the General Directorate of Civil Aviation decided to temporarily suspend flights, arguing that due to problems in the company’s administrative structure, they […]
Victor H. Becerra writes for PanAm Post about the upcoming election in Mexico and how it may affect Mexico. The Mexican economy had remained relatively immune to the possibility of Andrés Manuel López Obrador triumphing in the next presidential election; that is, until recently, when this false sense of tranquility disappeared. Markets are now beginning […]
The Panama Canal welcomed the inaugural transit of the LNG Sakura as it carried the first-ever liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment from the Dominion Cove Point terminal in the United States to Japan. The transit, which occurred this past weekend, marks the beginning of a new LNG commercial route between the United States and Asia […]
Newsroom Panama posted this great article. The ex-New York Yankees closing pitcher, Panamanian Mariano Rivera has been chosen by US President Donald Trump, to be part of the Council of Sports, Physical Fitness and Nutrition. Other nominees are his ex-teammate Johnny Damon, former NFL player Herschel Walker, beach volleyball, three-time Olympic gold medallist Misty May-Treanor, golfer […]
I love Anthony Bourdain’s stories of his travels around the world. Susie and I just purchased our tickets for Susie’s “Birthday Month” in June where we travel from Panama to Santiago, Chile, hop over the Andes to Mendoza, Argentina and on to Buenos Aires. As we will be next to Montevideo, Uruguay this story inked […]
In the first quarter of 2018, commercial activity in the free zone generated $5.292 billion, 11% more than was recorded in the same period in 2017. According to figures from the Colon Free Zone (ZLC), from January to March of 2018 imports totaled $2.427 billion and re-exports amounted to $2.866 billion, which exceeds by 8% […]