Panama President Will Refuse to Sign Crypto Law in Current Form


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Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo said he’ll refuse to sign a law regulating the use of cryptocurrency until it contains tougher anti-money laundering controls. The nation’s legislative assembly passed the bill last month, which would make it easier for cryptocurrency exchanges to obtain licenses to operate in the country, and regulates transactions in digital currencies. But […]

May 20, 2022

Panama’s investment in science is considered insufficient


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Public investment in science, technology and innovation in Panama is barely 1 percent of the Gross Domestic Product, which is insufficient according to experts. Data from the National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (Senacyt) indicate that in the isthmus about 0.13 percent of GDP is invested in this area. The report states that Senacyt […]

April 30, 2022

Coffee in the Clouds


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Click on the pictures for videos below of our coffee tour It was late Sunday night when I saw an email come in from my friend Rich who had just returned from Europe after 4 weeks of eating his way through Italy and France with his wife Dee.   I was almost out of my month’s […]

April 21, 2019

Paradise on the Chiriqui Coast


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  Here is part 2 of our series of road trips here in Panama on the Chiriqui coast in the province where we live.  We are extremely fortunate to have found this place when we first came here twelve years ago.    Like many people, my wife and I often took trips abroad to see other lands with […]

February 22, 2018

Paradise in Boquete


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We have been taking people around Boquete looking at places to live, invest in land and business opportunities and every-time I go out, I see another place that reminds me of the first trip that I took here in 2006.  On my first road trip to Boquete, I knew I had finally found a place that I had […]

February 22, 2018

Boquete Country Club Condo For Sale – $235,000


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Click on the above picture for a aerial tour of Boquete Club Boquete Country Club is a truly inspirational master planned gated community located just five minutes from the town of Boquete. The design of Boquete Country Club, promises a different and special lifestyle. Combining a myriad of leisure facilities and world-class infrastructure including a […]

January 9, 2018

Cuban Tobacco, Rum among Attractions at Trade Fair in Panama


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Prensa Latina reports on the upcoming International Trade Fair Expocomer 2017. Cuban Tobacco, Rum among Attractions at Trade Fair in Panama <p><img src=”http://piwik.prensa-latina.cu/piwik.php?idsite=3″ style=”border:0″ alt=”” /></p> The presentation of the new purito Cohíba Short and the tasting of the best Cuban rums stands out today among Cuba”s main attractions at the upcoming International Trade Fair […]

March 21, 2017