Construction investment down 49.5% but rebound begins
Investment in construction in the first quarter ghfell 49.5%, although there was a notable rebound in March. and The Panama...
Month: May 2021
Panama shortchanged in mining contract as copper booms
Smartphones, tablets, video game consoles, internet servers, electric car batteries, all-purpose appliances, and even space rockets are charged with copper....
Canal transits benefit from Biden election
The reduction of cruise ships transiting the Panama Canal has been offset by the transportation of grains and liquefied natural...
15 minutes of fame Venezuelan awaiting deportation
A Venezuelan woman who was videotaped on Sunday, April 25, on the Amador Causeway when she was driving a car,...
Another project trashed
Another project that ends up in the trash: the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) has decided not to continue with...
First case of Indian variant detected at Tocumen International
The first case of the Indian variant of coronavirus in Panama was detected last week at Tocumen International Airport the...
Thousands miss work as taxis block roads
At least 10 people were arrested by crowd control police on Avenida Balboa on Friday, May 7 during a demonstration...
24 dead 800 injured in Colombia protests
At least 24 people, including a police officer, have died 800 have been injured, 80 are listed as missing and...
Analyzing Trump’s Facebook ousting
On Wednesday, May 5, the Independent Oversight Board of the social media giant Facebook decided, unanimously, to maintain the exclusion of...
Costa Rica covid daily death toll hits 18
Costa Rica’s Covid-19 crisis continues to build and in the last seven days, it registered a daily average of 18...
Health teams on alert for covid rebound
Panama Regional Health Director Israel warned on Thursday of a rebound of coronavirus cases and said that teams were on...
Latin America turning the clock back
In 1997, the political scientist and journalist Fareed Zakaria coined the term “illiberal democracy” to refer to the political systems...
