It is mid-morning in Darién National Park, Panama, and I’m wilting in the rainforest heat. Three hours ago, with the ramshackle border town of Yaviza still asleep, we had boarded our motorised dugout and nudged out into the swift, dark current. Now the humid air hums with insects and sweat trickles down my back. Suddenly […]
In this Nov. 25, 2018 photo, indigenous men finish the swimming competition during the second edition of the Panamanian indigenous games on lake Bayano, Panama. In terms of surface area, Lake Bayano is the second largest lake in Panama, exceeded only by Lake Gatun.Arnulfo Franco / AP Some brought bows and arrows to show off […]
The Panama Canal is an engineering feat amazing for its time. Begun by the French in 1881, the 50-mile-long canal route suffered numerous setbacks, and was finally completed by the U.S. in 1914. Today the Panama Canal continues to be a true marvel to experience, both on a ship cruising through it and from shore […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has landed in Panama for the first state visit by a Chinese leader to the small Central American nation, made possible when Panama switched its diplomatic ties from Taipei to Beijing last year. Xi was welcomed by Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela as he arrived in Tocumen international airport on Sunday […]
The government of Panama gave a US$1.4 billion contract to build a bridge over the Panama Canal to Panama Cuarto Puente, a Chinese consortium. Panama Cuarto Puente consortium or so-called Panama Fourth Bridge Consortium, composed of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) and its unit China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), will design and build a bridge […]
Since Panama established diplomatic relations with China in June 2017, the two countries have developed an incredibly strong relationship. Only geostrategic sensitivities relating to the trade war between China and the US have prevented the two countries from announcing the conclusion (in record time) of a bilateral free trade agreement. But it is now a […]
Together with FCC Construction, the controversial Brazilian construction company won the contract to design and build the branch of Line 2 of the Panama Metro, which will connect the future ITSE with the Tocumen international airport. inShare On November 27th, the award resolution was published, which consists of design engineering services, construction of civil works, […]
New rules allowing a greater number of liquefied natural gas tankers to pass through the Panama Canal per day are expected to boost the development of the multibillion dollar industry along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The rules went into effect in October. Canal officials now allow two LNG tankers traveling in opposite directions to be […]
Cement consumption in Panama is expected to fall by 13 per cent this year due to the economic slowdown, the strike by the trade union of construction workers, Suntracs, and a decline in construction permits. “We are seeing a 13 per cent drop this year and we perceive that next year will not be a […]