Roberto Borge, who was governor of Quintana Roo from 2011 to 2016, is escorted in handcuffs by police in Panama City, Monday, June 5, 2017. The fugitive ex-governor wanted for alleged corruption in connection with the sale of state properties worth hundreds of millions of dollars was arrested. Borge is the third ex-governor from the […]
The Canal Authority has started a process of measuring and analyzing the current and projected demand for the inter-oceanic route in order to determine when to start the expansion. The Panama Canal Authority has already formed a group of experts to carry out analysis and technical studies for the future expansion of the Canal, which will depend […]
Panama has announced that it is cutting ties with Taiwan and instead establishing relations with China. The shift is a major win for China as it seeks to isolate Taiwan, which now has diplomatic relations with just 20 countries. China and Panama announced the move in a joint statement, saying it was in […]
Ken Thomas at the Associated Press reports on Presidents Trump and Varela in DC this week. President Donald Trump welcomed the president of Panama to the White House on Monday, pointing to the United States’ role in the construction of the Panama Canal at the start of his first face-to-face meeting with the Central […]
At the request of the private sector, selection of the management company for the convention center will be done directly and not through a tender. The National Tourism Council (CNT) is the institution that will select the company that will be in charge of managing the convention center that is under construction in the Amador […]
Having just returned from our cruise at the Port of Colon, I can say that the new port location on Amador will give Panama a huge edge on the WOW factor upon passengers arriving to the City. I am afraid the Colon will always remain the same no matter how many parks they try to […]
Wow, we had a great week off on our cruise from the Port of Colon in Panama to Cartagena, then to Curucao and on to Bonaire and Aruba. Before we left, we toured the Bio Museo in Panama City as we had never visited it before and I must say, it was worth the trip. Our […]
Carolyn Kenney and John Norris report in Center for American Progress of Trump’s conflicts of interest here in Panama. Legal trouble in Panama In 2006, Donald Trump signed a contract with developer Roger Khafif to develop a $400 million Trump-branded club called Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower Panama, which includes a 70-story hotel, […]
Ricardo Martinelli, who ruled Panama from 2009 to 2014 but fled to Florida in 2015 facing multiple corruption charges, was arrested on Monday night by U.S. Marshals at his home in Coral Gables. The Central American country sent a extradition request to the U.S. last fall. As Fast Company‘s Anna Lenzer reported in March, […]
Stratfor Worldview put out this interesting article on Colombia. I find this country fascinating and ripe for expansion and future investment. Colombia is located at the strategic meeting point of Central and South America. The country shares a land border with Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador, and has coasts on both the Pacific Ocean […]