Private sector propose a US$4 billion plan to reactivate Panama
Panama's private sector presented this Monday to the Government a reactivation plan that proposes investments for US$4 billion to generate...
April 19, 2021Topic
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Debt issuers in Latin America rush to secure current low interest rates
"We will start to see a substantial improvement in issuance," said Max Volkov, head of debt capital markets for Latin...
April 9, 2021
Panama issues first conviction for abuse in children’s shelters
A 54-year-old man was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday (07.04.2021) for abusing a 12-year-old girl in a...
April 8, 2021
For more and more African refugees, Europe is not an option so they head to the Americas
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ahmed Kabeer fled his homeland of Sudan where he was tortured and traveled thousands of...
March 14, 2021
Panama gets targeted by Human Rights Watch deploring exclusion of same sex-couples rights
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The government of Panama passed bill number 120 which aims to protect children and minors...
March 11, 2021
After almost three years of starting work, Costa Rica and Panama inaugurate Binational Bridge
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After years of paperwork and delays in the works, the construction of a bridge between...
March 7, 2021
Analysis: Demand for clean energy indirectly threatens one of Ecuador’s most biodiverse areas
The balsa boom (known as balso in other countries) fills the pockets of many, but also leaves problems in its...
March 4, 2021
Panama allows transgender women to compete in beauty pageant
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The organizers said that transgender women who "have completed all their legal and medical procedures"...
March 3, 2021
Coronavirus Ecuador: pilot plan to reopen schools amid Covid-19 pandemic
The Emergency Operations Committee (COE), in charge of addressing the covid-19 pandemic in Ecuador, on Sunday announced that it will...
March 1, 2021