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Sovereignty and Cooperation: The Legacy of the Panama–US Treaties
Dialogo Americas
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September 8, 2025
The rhythmic hum of massive ships traversing one of the world’s most vital maritime passages echoes a story of enduring partnership between two nations. For nearly half a century, the Panama Canal, an engineering marvel connecting oceans, has been...
Guns for hire: Should private military companies take on organized crime?
Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
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September 8, 2025
In March 2025, the Haitian government hired Vectus Global, a private military company (PMC) led by Erik Prince, the founder of US-based PMC Blackwater, to support the public forces in combating criminal groups that control 90% of the capital,...
In Panama ‘The Copper Mine has been Managed Environmentally’ Well
Newsroom Panama
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September 8, 2025
The recent tender for a comprehensive audit of the Donoso copper mine, according to Jonatan Montenegro, a biologist with Minera Panamá, will serve to verify to the public that the company has met all the national and international environmental...
“The World now sees Panama as an Attractive, Competitive, and Reliable Country” says the Chamber of Commerce
Newsroom Panama
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September 8, 2025
In its Sunday newsletter of September 7, the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP) highlights that Panama is in the world’s spotlight “for the right reasons: because we are a country of hardworking and talented people,...
A steady ocean pattern just failed for the first time ever observed
AOL
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Scientists have spotted something dramatically unusual in the ocean, and it could be a warning sign of things to come. Warm air dances with cold air; cold water chases warm water. It's all a part of a predictable, stable dance of currents and...
Panama acquires four Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft
AeroTime News
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September 5, 2025
Embraer has signed a contract with Panama for the purchase of four A-29 Super Tucano aircraft, which will be operated by the Panamanian National Air and Naval Service (SENAN) as a new platform for surveillance and protection. No financial details...
Isle of Wight musician sang with Judy Garland and jammed with Eric Clapton
Isle of Wight County Press
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September 14, 2025
Tony Nicol, of Newport, has enjoyed a remarkable career that has seen him play guitar and sing around the world, perform for royalty and share stages with musical greats. The 80-year-old has done what many could only dream of. The folk-influenced...
Chamber: Caracas flight suspensions won’t disrupt business
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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GEISHA KOWLESSAR-ALONZO Senior Reporter geisha.kowlessar@guardian.co.tt While the recent suspension of Caribbean Airlines flights to Caracas,Venezuela, is a noticeable development, it is not expected to significantly disrupt...
Lawsuit challenges migrants’ treatment
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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September 14, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Some West Africans who were deported from the U.S. to Ghana were held in "straitjackets" for 16 hours on a flight during which all passengers were shackled and...
Panama signs deal to acquire four A-29 Super Tucanos
FlightGlobal
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Panama has finalised a contract to acquire four Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos, following a selection announcement made in early April. “The fleet will be operated by the Panamanian National Air and Naval Service as a new surveillance and protection...
Panama advances energy corridor with gas pipeline project
Port Technology International
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September 4, 2025
Panama has launched the development of a major gas pipeline as part of a new interoceanic energy corridor designed to boost the country’s competitiveness and strengthen its position as a global trade hub. The pre-qualification phase will begin...
Unprecedented collapse: Panama's ocean upwelling fails for the first time in 40 years
Earth.com
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In early 2025, something unusual happened in the Gulf of Panama. The deep, cold water that normally rises to the surface each dry season never appeared. According to a new study, this seasonal upwelling failed for the first time in at least four...
‘Unprecedented’ failure in the Pacific Ocean stuns scientists
The Weather Network
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September 13, 2025
The Gulf of Panama experiences a reliable upwelling event every year when the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)—an area where trade winds converge—shifts south during the winter. SEE ALSO: Rivers may fuel explosive strengthening of major...
Provisional License for Solar Farms Obtained by Three Companies
Newsroom Panama
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September 7, 2025
The National Public Services Authority (ASEP) has granted a provisional license to three companies seeking to install photovoltaic generation plants in the town of El Arado, La Chorrera district, in the province of Panamá Oeste. According to the...
Maersk marks 50 years in containerisation, reshaping world trade
Indian Transport & Logistics News (ITLN)
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September 7, 2025
On 5 September 1975, the Adrian Maersk slipped away from Pier 51 in Newark, New Jersey, carrying 385 containers. That marked the start of history in the making for A.P. Moller–Maersk. Although the first container vessel steamed out of Newark...
Panama launches canal gas pipeline project for interoceanic energy corridor
Stabroek News
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September 4, 2025
(Reuters) – Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino announced the start of a process to develop a new gas pipeline interoceanic energy corridor for the canal during an official visit to Japan, the Panama Canal said in a statement on Wednesday. The...
For First Time In 40 Years, Gulf Of Panama Fails To Upwell Nutrient-Rich Waters
Asianet Newsable
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September 7, 2025
For the first time in 40 years, the Gulf of Panama's important upwelling did not occur due to weaker trade winds, likely linked to climate change, threatening fisheries, coral reefs, and local communities. Gulf of Panama upwelling has failed for...
From Bolivar to Bissessar
Trinidad Express
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Will Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar be the little loose screw in the horse’s shoe? The shoe that, for want of a screw, the horse was lost? And for want of a horse, the rider was lost? And for want of a rider, the cause was lost? And for...
Jeffrey Epstein was linked to the upper echelons of wealth and politics – but where did he get his fortune?
The Guardian
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September 13, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein was a very wealthy man, but exactly how wealthy and where that money came from remains shrouded in mystery. Newly unearthed emails last week shone light on Epstein’s role as freelance client development officer, acting as a channel...
Trade minister to meet Latin American envoys to discuss economic cooperation
Yonhap News Agency
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September 2, 2025
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo will meet with top envoys from 18 Latin American countries Wednesday to discuss ways to expand trade and economic cooperation between South Korea and Latin America amid the global spread of...