China might join Peru and Bolivia in building an intercontinental railway across Latin America, Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra told Reuters on May 17. Peru and Bolivia “need a third partner to help turn it into reality,” Vizcarra said. Asked if China would be a good fit for the role, he said, “Yes, of course, because […]
Newsroom Panama reports of a big first here in Panama. The first 200 tons of Panama produced meat destined for the Chinese market will soon be on its way. On March 28, the Government of Panama obtained the code to export meat to China deemed at the time as “historic”. The Panamanian Government sees in […]
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In early May, Panamanians selected Laurentino Cortizo of the center-left Revolutionary Democratic Party to be their next president. His election comes as Panama faces a major challenge: strengthening its political institutions to clean up endemic corruption. The spillover effects of massive illicit finance operations at the behest of crumbling Venezuelan and Nicaraguan dictatorships make this […]
Panama, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (Odecabe), Steve Stoute, held an audit meeting here to oversee preparations for the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games 2022. During the meeting with the organizing committee of the event, which will be held in this capital, the senior […]
Island-hop through paradise in the Las Perlas archipelago, a chain of more than 250 mostly uninhabited islands in the Gulf of Panama. Located about 30 miles from the mainland, Isla Contadora serves as the jumping off point for snorkeling the idyllic castaway cays on nearby Chapera, Boyarena and Mogo Mogo. June through October brings migrating […]
The company Celsia installed the first electric station in Panama, which has a capacity of 7.2 kilowatts of power and is compatible with any electric model. The company that opened the electric station in Alta Plaza Mall aims to meet the energy demand of more than 100 electric vehicles in circulation in the country, and […]
The Panama Canal completed a trial transit of Evergreen’s Triton, the largest vessel in dimension and container cargo capacity to pass through the Expanded Canal on Wednesday. The Neopanamax container ship has a total TEU Allowance (TTA) of 15,313, a 20-row beam of 51.2 meters (168 feet) and a length of 369 meters (1,211 feet), […]
In this May 10, 2019, photo, a group of migrants wait for buses to take them north, in Peñitas, Darien province, Panama. Panamanian authorities are struggling to contend with a spike in the number of migrants risking the journey through what’s known as the Darien Gap, a roadless, lawless stretch of tropical isthmus that’s one […]
The Panama Canal was constructed in the beginning of the XX century, connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific Oceans. The first journey through was conducted in 1914. Although it is not an easy one, roughly 14,000 ships yearly transit through the canal today. If you have chosen to transit your own private yacht […]