America Panama The Panamanian government, aiming to control irregular migration, closed three unauthorized border crossings, redirecting migrants to a single monitored route, while collaborating with the US on a pilot program to repatriate migrants humanely
America Panama The Panama Canal has raised the maximum authorized draught to 14,33 meters and increased daily transits to 35 ships to improve scheduling flexibility and reduce congestion
America Panama A US$1,5 million drug incinerator has been inaugurated to curb pollution from open-air burning, making it the sole regional country equipped to safely dispose of confiscated narcotics
America Panama Residents of Gardj Sugdub, the first of 63 communities along Panama's Caribbean and Pacific coasts, are being relocated due to rising sea levels, leaving behind their 200-year-old island home in a US$12 million project to move them to safer mainland areas
America Panama Nuevo Cartí, a mainland settlement built to relocate 1.200 residents of the island Cartí Sugdupu, which is threatened by rising sea levels, has been inaugurated by President Laurentino Cortizo
America Panama Panama's incoming government, slated for July 1, has initiated diplomatic efforts and international studies to fulfill its campaign pledge of closing the Darien border
America Panama José Raúl Mulino has won Panama's presidential elections with promises to close the Darién jungle - a critical immigration corridor - and revive economic prosperity in the country
America Panama The famed Panama Papers trial is finally beginning after 8 years, with 27 defendants facing money laundering charges related to the scandal that exposed global elites' offshore assets
America Panama Panama has continued to delay relocating nearly 1.300 Indigenous Guna people from a sinking island due to rising sea levels, despite promises and plans for a mainland site since 2019
America Panama Panama has introduced a new tool, the Taxonomía de Finanzas Sostenibles, in collaboration with various banks, aimed at developing environmentally-related banking activities and promoting a sustainable and low-emission economy
America Panama The National Medicine Institute officially urged the public to donate blood due to an increase in surgeries, emphasizing that each donation can save up to three lives
America Panama Panama has been removed from the EU's high-risk countries list for money laundering and terrorism financing, signalling significant progress in anti-money laundering measures and counterterrorism efforts
America Panama Archaeologists have unearthed a 1.200-year-old tomb in Panama containing a trove of gold treasures and the remains of what could be human sacrifices