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Panama pitches itself in Atlanta as hemispheric hub for global business and logistics
Global Atlanta - Georgia
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September 13, 2025
Panama is just a four-hour flight away from Atlanta, a logistics powerhouse whose fate is tied directly to Georgia’s via vital Pacific trade routes that reach the East Coast through its storied canal. Despite its importance, however, promoters of...
Panama Canal Droughts Threaten Global Trade Amid Climate Change
WebProNews
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September 13, 2025
The Panama Canal, a linchpin of global trade handling about 5% of the world’s maritime commerce, is facing an escalating crisis from recurrent droughts exacerbated by climate change and El Niño patterns. In 2025, authorities have managed to...
For the First Time in 40 Years, Panama’s Deep and Cold Ocean Waters Fail to Emerge
Newsroom Panama
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September 13, 2025
The natural phenomenon of upwelling, which occurs annually in the Gulf of Panama, failed for the first time on record in 2025. A study led by scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) indicates that the weakening of the...
Financial inclusion and education: a pillar for sustainable development in Latin America
Latinoamerica21
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September 13, 2025
Financial inclusion and education have emerged as key enablers for sustainable development in its environmental, social and productive dimensions. In Latin America, where high levels of informality, inequality and financial exclusion persist,...
Panamanian government discloses terms in Chiquita agreement
Fresh Fruit Portal
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September 12, 2025
By Carla Espinoza Gutiérrez Last month, banana giant Chiquita Panama signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Panamanian government, aiming to revitalize production in Bocas del Toro, a region historically tied to the banana industry....
Seed Capital for More than 600 Entrepreneurs: Cobre Panama Launches the Second Phase
Newsroom Panama
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September 13, 2025
Cobre Panama announced the launch of the second phase of its Cobre Emprende program, an initiative that seeks to empower small businesses and which, in this new phase, will benefit more than 600 entrepreneurs with seed capital averaging $5,000....
The Panama Copper Mine is set to be Audited by a French Company
Newsroom Panama
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September 12, 2025
Panama’s Ministry of Environment reported this Friday that it has begun a “comprehensive audit” of the large open-pit mine, operated by First Quantum Minerals (FQM), which has been closed since November 2023 by court order following a historic...
For the First Time in 40 Years, Panama’s Ocean Lifeline Has Vanished
SciTechDaily
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September 12, 2025
Chlorophyll concentrations in the oceans around Panama (blue = low, red = high) in February 2024, showing peak productivity in the Gulf of Panama during a period of typical upwelling. Credit: Aaron O’Dea Panama’s seasonal upwelling collapsed in...
Cartel violence transforms Ecuador’s Posorja port from promise of trade to cocaine gateway
Weekly Blitz
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September 12, 2025
Cartel violence transforms Ecuador’s Posorja port from promise of trade to cocaine gateway When the Ecuadorian government inaugurated the port of Posorja in 2019, optimism filled the air. Politicians hailed the $1.2 billion deep-water facility,...
In Panama, Vehicle Inspection Workshops are Charged with Fraud
Newsroom Panama
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September 13, 2025
Officials from the Land Transit and Transportation Authority (ATTT) conducted surprise raids on several auto repair shops that handle vehicle inspections, where multiple irregularities were detected. Simón Henríquez, director of the ATTT, who led...
El Salvador Among Least Vulnerable to Illicit Trade in the Region, Report Finds.
El Salvador in English
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September 12, 2025
El Salvador has been ranked the third least vulnerable country in Central America to illicit trade, according to the Illicit Trade Index 2025 published by the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT). The index measures the...
Panama’s vanishing ocean lifeline signals a broader climate crisis
Natural News
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November 9, 2025
A critical ocean upwelling event in the Gulf of Panama has failed for the first time in at least 40 years. This seasonal process, which brings cold, nutrient-rich water to the surface, did not occur in early 2025. The immediate cause was a...
The Panama Canal Steers Toward a Sustainable Future with Hybrid Tugboats
Hellenic Shipping News
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September 12, 2025
The Panama Canal is an extraordinary feat of engineering. Not only does the waterway connect two oceans and facilitate roughly 5% of global trade, but the design also secures 50% of Panama’s freshwater supply. Remarkably, the Panama Canal achieves...
Vietnam, Panama governments suffer incidents leaking citizen data
The Record
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September 12, 2025
Data from the government organizations in Vietnam and Panama was stolen by hackers in multiple cyber incidents that came to light this week. Vietnam’s state news outlet said the country’s Cyber Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) confirmed that it...
A Shared Commitment: Panama and US Enhance Border Security Cooperation
Dialogo Americas
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September 12, 2025
Panama and the United States have been reinforcing their long-standing security partnership, a cooperative effort essential for countering regional threat. This collaboration was highlighted in early August during a donation ceremony between Major...
Despite authoritarianism, the Nicaraguan economy continues to grow.
Q Costa Rica
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September 12, 2025
Q REPORTS (La Prensa) Despite authoritarianism, the Nicaraguan economy continues to grow. How long will remittances sustain this model? Various studies determine that when rulers become authoritarian, the economy suffers, but reality shows that...
Panama signs agreement with Chiquita to reactivate banana industry
Fresh Plaza
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September 11, 2025
The Government of Panama's Ministries of Commerce and Industry (MICI) and Agricultural Development (MIDA), along with Chiquita Panama LLC, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the sustainable reactivation of the banana industry in Bocas...
Businessman Mithu held in health sector graft:ACC
Bangladesh Post
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Motazzarul Islam Mithu, known as a central figure in health sector corruption during the Awami League government, has been taken to court following his arrest. Detectives from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DB) detained him late Wednesday night...
What Moody’s Says Can’t be Ignored Regarding Possible Loss of Investment Grade in Panama
Newsroom Panama
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September 11, 2025
The Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF), Felipe Chapman, acknowledged that Moody’s Ratings warnings that Panama is on the verge of losing its investment grade cannot be ignored. “What Moody’s is saying cannot be ignored. This is the backlash...
In January of 2026 the President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will Visit Panama
Newsroom Panama
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September 11, 2025
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino confirmed that his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will make an official visit to Panama at the end of January 2026. The main purpose of the visit is the inauguration of the Development Bank...