Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli answers journalists questions as he raises his handcuffed hands, holding a book, while escorted by police to a hearing at the Supreme Court in Panama City, Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. Martinelli, who was president from 2009 to 2014, is accused of embezzlement and illegally monitoring phone calls and other communications. […]
The two sons of jailed former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli have been arrested in Miami and face extradition back home on money-laundering charges, Panama’s attorney general said on Wednesday. Attorney General Kenia Porcell told local television that Martinelli’s sons, Luis Enrique Martinelli and Ricardo Martinelli, had been arrested, but said he was awaiting further details. […]
The beautiful beaches of Panama attract locals and visitors. On Friday afternoons there is an exodus from Panama City as residents drive across the Bridge of the Americas and then west on the Pan-American Highway and head for the beach. Most people leaving Panama City for a regular weekend escape are destined for the City […]
Led by the Government of Panama, a new initiative joins global efforts to achieve higher levels of efficiency in delivering humanitarian assistance. Panama’s new Regional Logistics Centre for Humanitarian Assistance, or ‘Humanitarian Hub,’ was officially inaugurated this week by Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela, at a ceremony also attended by Vice-President and Chancellor Isabel de […]
The Vatican is confirming Pope Francis will travel to Panama in January for the Catholic Church’s big youth rally, and says he’ll also spend time there with juvenile delinquents and people suffering from AIDS. History’s first Latin American pope will be making his first visit to Central America, though he has been to Mexico, Cuba […]
When Pope Francis visits Panama for World Youth Day in January, he will meet with young people not able to attend the festivities: some in jail and with some living with HIV. He also will dedicate the altar of Panama’s newly renovated 400-year-old cathedral, meet with bishops from Central America and have lunch with some […]
Seven dams generate almost half of Cambodia’s electricity. China built and paid for all of them. This one, near Cambodia’s southern coast, is about 360 feet tall. It is the fourth-largest by power output in the country. Sri Lanka borrowed more than $1 billion from China for this strategic deepwater port, but couldn’t repay the […]
After his high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump next week to defuse trade tensions, President Xi Jinping will head for America’s backyard in a visit that may cause unease in Washington. In a trip that observers said would underline Beijing’s efforts to cement ties with Latin America, Xi will make a state visit to the Central […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to Panama at the start of December, the Panamanian presidency said in a statement on Thursday, deepening ties that have sparked harsh rebukes from the United States. Last year, the two countries established diplomatic relations after Panama broke off ties with Taiwan. The Dominican Republic […]
Boquete has been busy this week with the horse parade on Sunday, the inauguration of our new bridge near The Panamonte Hotel on Tuesday and the celebration of independence from Spain on Wednesday. President Varela came to officiate the events and boy was there a rush to finish the new roads here in Boquete as […]