The Panama Canal’s revenues increased by 56.7 million dollars in the first trimester of this year, compared to the same period in 2018, according to preliminary statistics. The National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC) informed that 1.274,3 billion dollars were raised during the above-mentioned period by concept of toll payments from 7,392 ships that […]
Panama’s president-elect Laurentino Cortizo sent a message to prosecutors, judges, and magistrates to not respond to political pressures or economic sectors, but to their conscience. Cortizo’s remarks were made on Thursday. May 9 n the speech he gave after receiving the credentials as president-elect of from the president of the National Scrutiny Board, Nivia Rossana […]
The Big Global Day a census of bird populations that takes place annually since 2015 has once again listed Panama in the top 10 countries with the most species that can be seen in forests, beaches, and cities, Panama recorded 730 species that place it in the eighth place in the world and in the […]
In Central America, travel writers from The Times finds castaway islands and authentic encounters on a new voyage into one of the world’s most impenetrable regions. Distant drumbeats echo through the rainforest above the screech of birds. We’ve been on the Mogue River for an hour now, chugging along in a wooden dugout, the brown […]
At 66 years old, Cortizo’s election represents a continued consolidation of democracy in a country which celebrated its sixth presidential elections after the US invasion of 1986. Laurentino Cortizo is the new president of Panama. Known as Nito, this businessman and livestock trader won by a narrow margin of 2%, and will take up the […]
Panama remains the richest country in Latin America, according to a Latinvex ranking based on new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Meanwhile, Venezuela and Argentinaare declining on the ranking, which looks at gross domestic product based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) per capita GDP to measure wealth. While GDP per capita statistics remain controversial, the PPP measure is considered the most accurate […]
Panama’s electoral tribunal declared Laurentino Cortizo Cohen of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) winner of Sunday’s presidential election in Panama, with 33 percent of the votes, two points ahead of the openly right-wing Democratic Change candidate, Rómulo Roux, who acknowledged his defeat Monday afternoon. The election was another sign of growing opposition to inequality, albeit […]
In Panama’s presidential election, it’s what was left unsaid that resonates most. The winner of the May 5 vote, Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo is a 66-year-old former cattle rancher. With swept-back hair, a gravelly voice, and a sharp black suit, he has the air of a late-era Johnny Cash. On TV, he walked the line: […]
Panama’s president-elect, Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo, said the United States should pay more attention to Central America or risk losing ground to China, which has won diplomatic support and increased its investment in the region in recent years. Cortizo, of the center-left Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), won Sunday’s unexpectedly close presidential election with 33 percent of […]
Centre-left candidate Laurentino Cortizo has been declared the winner of Panama’s presidential election. In an unexpectedly close race, Mr Cortizo finished two percentage points ahead of his centre-right rival, Rómulo Roux. Mr Roux has yet to concede, citing reports of voting irregularities. The elections have been dominated by pledges to fight corruption and to tackle […]