Panama’s pineapple exports in January 2017 amounted to $1.126 million dollars, a positive number in the statistics of the Comptroller General of the Republic, as it was the only fruit that recorded an increase when compared to the same period of 2016. Even though the income and export volume of this item has decreased over […]
José F. Rodriguez, director of Documentary Programs at the Tribeca Film Institute, attended a panel at the 6th IFF Panama dedicated to support schemes for documentary filmmakers, which also featured Yissel Ibarra, at Mexico’s Imcine Film Institute, and IDFA Bertha Fund’s managing director, Isabel Arrate Fernández. Speaking to Variety after the panel, Rodriguez explained that […]
US President Donald Trump presented a draft of possible changes he could make to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to begin its renegotiation. The document reflects that the president “will try to maintain and expand access to the current market” between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Among its proposals is the creation […]
The International Finance Corporation will be carrying out preliminary studies so that a tender can be launched for the construction of the project, which has a planned length of 330 km and an estimated value of $550 million. Having tried unsuccessfully to tender preliminary studies and designs for the fourth transmission line, Empresa de Transmisión […]
This a great article and the video is pure genius! Brian Murphy at The Miami Herald reports. Iceland’s Haukur Heidar Hauksson takes a selfie with supporters at the end of the Euro 2016 round of 16 soccer match between England and Iceland, at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France, Monday, June 27, 2016. Claude Paris AP […]
The Panama Canal Authority expects to tender at the end of the year several logistics projects to be developed in 1,200 hectares of land in the canal zone. The goal of the Panama Canal Authority is to generate value-added services around the extended canal, and according to the head the institution, Jorge Luis Quijano, several state companies from […]
Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $3.82, Nicaragua $3.40, Honduras $3.32, Guatemala $2.86, El Salvador $2.84 and Panama $2.65. From a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador: The price trend is due to factors that have prevailed in recent months such as decisions taken by the OPEC, inventory accumulation in […]
US Soccer magazine reports and publishes these great photos. On Monday, 24 hours before their 2018 World Cup Qualifying match against Panama, the U.S. Men’s National Team went through their final preparations inside Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City. Built in 1970, the stadium was originally named Estadio Revolución but the name was changed in […]
Buyers are circling around Annie Canavaggio’s upcoming Panama Canal docudrama “1977, The Treaty: Son of Tiger and Mule,” which will trace Panama’s contentious path towards recovering its sovereign rights to the Canal. Scoring best docu at the December round of Panama’s state fund awards, the docu will focus on the seven-year negotiations leading up the […]
Entonces Nosotros’ – which had its world premiere at IFF Panama in 2016 – was the region’s highest-grossing local film Central America continued its sturdy box office growth in 2016, primarily driven by the opening of new multiplexes. Total box office for the region in 2016 was $140.5 million – 8.3% higher than in 2015 […]