The official statement reported an increase of seven alleged connections to Brazil’s poisonous corruption case. Panama’s Attorney General Office reported Wednesday the number of the suspects in Brazil’s Odebrecht scandal has risen to 43 in the country. According to the office’s Twitter account, the Attorney General refrained from naming the individuals, but did state […]
Due to operational and security limitations, the airline has decided to bring forward the suspension of its flights from Lima and Bogotá to Caracas from July 27, instead of August 16 as originally planned. From a statement issued by Avianca: Bogotá, July 27, 2017. Due to operational limitations registered in the last few hours, Avianca is […]
Between January and May, the monthly index of economic activity varied by 6.49% with respect to the same period in 2016, mainly due to the activities of construction and exploitation of mines and quarries. From a report by the Comptroller General of the Republic. The Monthly Index of Economic Activity (IMAE) in the Republic, for […]
The Best of Panama auction concluded last week, and the “a cup of coffee shouldn’t cost $3” crowd may want to stop reading here (or, y’know, stop holding such a narrow view of such a wide-ranging product). The highest selling of the 51 lots went for a staggering $601 per pound, setting a new world […]
The attorney general, Néstor Humberto Martínez, has recently revealed that in Colombia the exceptionally corrupt construction giant Odebrecht has paid bribes to the amount of USD $27 million USD ($84 billion Colombian pesos).The prosecution revealed new details involving Colombian politicians in Odebrecht‘s bribery networks. Read More: Colombian Judge Requests Investigation of President Santos over […]
The monthly index of economic activity in the region, compiled by CentralAmericaData, registered a year-on-year growth of 3% in April. Figures from the Information System ´Central American MacroeconomicMonitoring´ by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmerica Data:[Figure caption = “Click to interact with the graphic”] Explore data in interactive graphs. Central American IMAE In April, the monthly variation of […]
The National Interconnected System Expansion Plan for the period 2017-2031 will be put to public consultation until August 31. The Expansion Plan for the 2017-2031 National Interconnected System was prepared by Etesa and will be available for public consultation until August 31. From the summary of the document: Demand projections indicate that consumption of electricity in the […]
The Ministry of Education in Panama is putting out to tender the construction and equipping of several educational centers in the provinces of Chiriquí, Bocas del Toro and Veraguas. Panama Government Purchase 2017-0-07-0-09-LV-031049: “Description design, preparation and approval of plans, construction of new infrastructures, supply of furniture, remodeling and improvement to the La Primavera school, Santiago district, Santiago district, Veraguas province.” The deadline for […]
Given the humanitarian crisis facing Venezuela and the series of protests convened by the opposition to stop the regime’s plan to rewrite the Constitution, the United States government advised its citizens residing in the South American country to prepare with water and food for the coming days. The US embassy issued a statement in which it advised against participating […]
In Panama, Clean Green Energy S.A. has been granted a provisional license for the construction and operation of a wind farm with an installed capacity of 40 MW in the province of Colón. From Resolution AN No.11357-Elec: IT IS RESOLVED: FIRST: To grant to CLEAN GREEN ENERGY, S.A., registered in the Public Registry, on File 155635462 […]