He Panama Canal The number of ships that transit its waters daily will increase again, the maritime authorities reported this Tuesday, which is gradually approaching the volume of ships it received before 2023, the year in which it suffered a crisis due to a shortage of water. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) notified shipping companies […]
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What was the “Panama Papers” scandal?
The scandal of the “Panama Papers” shook the world in 2016: it shook governments, exposed distinguished figures, unleashed judicial investigations and hit the image of Panama as an international financial center. Lawyer Ramón Fonseca, one of the heads of the law firm involved in this plot, died at the age of 71 due to health […]
President-elect of Panama would talk with Canadian mining company if arbitrations are suspended
The elected president of Panama, José Raúl Mulinothis Thursday made a possible conversation with the Canadian First Quantum Minerals about the future of the large Cobre Panamá mine subject to the suspension of the arbitration processes activated by the company after the closure of the deposit at the end of 2023 by order of the […]
New Government of Panama faces these economic and governance challenges
The new Government of Panama who will lead José Raúl Mulinowinner this Sunday in the general elections, will have to face economic and governance challenges that will require a “unit” national to overcome them, as the president-elect himself admitted. “I commit to a unity government (…) a pro-private business government“, but without forgetting those most […]
Rubén Blades after elections in Panama: “Corruption won, but democratically!”
The Panamanian singer-songwriter Rubén Blades noted this Monday that “corruption won, but democratically” after the presidential victory on the eve of José Raúl Mulinothe dolphin of former president Ricardo Martinelli, with 34% in the general elections of Panama. “I write these lines with great regret. I was completely wrong to believe that JR (José Raúl) […]
Promercado Mulino wins the presidency of Panama and says he is not “anyone’s puppet”
The right-wing lawyer José Raúl Mulino won Sunday’s presidential election in Panama and in his first speech he claimed not to be “nobody’s puppet”, in reference to former president Ricardo Martinelli, whom he replaced as a candidate. “This person here is no one’s puppet (…) I am not here because someone put me here or […]
Migrant women, victims of attacks with their children in tow in the Darién
The migration It stopped being a man thing a long time ago. Women alone, with children or with their partners, leave their homes behind having to go through a “hell” like the jungle Darien, where they are victims of rape or robbery while carrying their children: “Come on, it won’t be long.” At the Bajo […]
Panama Elections 2024: José Raúl Mulino leads in the polls by 20 points
Written by María Isabel Sánchez. Panamanians vote this Sunday in a general election shaken by the controversial former president Ricardo Martinelliwhose dolphin is the favorite to win the presidency. Of eight presidential candidates, José Raúl Mulinoof the Realizing Goals party (RM, founded by Martinelli), leads his three immediate rivals in the polls by about 20 […]
Who are the four candidates with options to win the presidency of Panama?
a former president “with last name”, a veteran politician with a strong character, a former rock consul and a former minister of the Canal, opponents and mainly from the center-right, are the four presidential candidates, out of eight, with options of winning in the elections from Sunday in Panamaaccording the surveys. The single-round and simple […]
Elections in Panama: five things you need to know about the Central American country
Panama, which elects a president this Sunday, occupies a thin territory in Central America that has gained prominence in the regional migration crisis. Crossed by an interoceanic canal, it has a thriving economy, but a bad reputation as a tax haven. The channel The Panama Canal, 80 km long, connects the Pacific with the Atlantic […]