Earlier this month, on Sept. 5, a very distinguished alum of Villanova University was sworn in as the new administrator of the Panama Canal. Ricaurte Vasquez Morales, Ph.D. will serve a seven-year term which includes the celebration of the Canal’s 20th anniversary under Panamanian administration in December of this year. “Just a few months short […]
Former New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera — a five-time World Series champ and the first man unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame – received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony with President Trump on Monday. Trump, a Yankees fan, praised Rivera, a Panama native who became a U.S. citizen, on Monday as […]
It is estimated that in the country about 400 thousand people regularly attend fitness centers, a trend that could go up in the coming years, so some chains project investments for 2020 and 2021. The business has boosted in recent years, because the population in the country demands healthy and holistic lifestyles, so it seeks […]
This is a sight that draws the breath out of your lungs!! Mom and baby enjoying life in the open ocean. Susie and I stayed last weekend in Boca Chica at the Bocas del Mar Resort The weather was beautiful and the whales were everywhere!! If you want to go, you have only about a […]
NEW LISTING Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath Penthouse Condo in Boquete Country Club for only $950 per month Boquete Country Club Condo 3A in the Blue Mountain View Building Area consists of 1,345 SF in 2 bedrooms and 2 baths with 2 balconies and views out to the Pacific. With Views out to the Pacific […]
Perhaps one of my favorite songs is brought to life in the music video compilation sent to me by a friend Gilberto Young. Watch it and turn up your volumn!!
After a decade led by two globalist and establishment presidents, Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela, Panama has a new leader who brings a nationalist flare to political discourse. Despite a career in business and politics, President Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo has never seen eye to eye with Panama City elites. Earlier this year, Cortizo was propelled to […]
My friend Joseph Brodsky just smashed all the records fr coffee in the world and it came from our province of Chiriqui. Ninety Plus founder Joseph Brodsky, foreground, The Espresso Lab founder Ibrahim Al Mallouhi, middle, and Ninety Plus partner Guillermo de Saint Malo Eleta, far right, present prototype Panama coffee that sold for USD$10,000 […]
Rose Spiks writes in Skift Global Forumof Costa Ricas efforts, one we should take note of. Costa Rica has long been associated with ecotourism. But now that the rest of the world is catching up, it is still intent on meeting the challenge of sustainability in newly innovative and ambitious ways. Costa Rica has long […]
David Wondrich explores the bars in the Panama Canal Zone that were frequented by American servicemen before World War II. I should probably preface what I’m going to say by reminding everyone that there used to be a piece of American territory called the Panama Canal Zone. Running right through the middle of that country, it extended […]