America Panama The state has launched a government-regulated system so that all students now have the ability to make purchases by only using their identity card
America Panama The government has begun planning a project to nearly double its power transmission, which includes also nearly doubling its hydro, wind and solar projects for this upcoming year
America Panama Due to the ongoing state of emergency in Venezuela, the government held a day of “mass issue of visas” for Venezuelans, where permanent living status to thousands of Venezuelans seeking to stay in Panama was granted
America Panama As the average participation of women in the mining sector is less than 10%, the government has signed an agreement to increase their labour participation, both in the industry and value chains through the implementation of diversity and inclusion policie
America Panama National scientists have all gathered in an emergency to find out why 150 endangered sea turtles were found dead on the country’s coast, and thus far, three hypotheses are being considered: reckless fishing, toxic algae, or heavy rains
America Panama This past month, the country produced 97% of its energy from renewable sources, breaking its own personal record of clean energy production
America Panama The country has just opened the world’s first ‘aerial beach’, which allows people to walk above the water level before entering by stairs; this beach was created to avoid disturbing the natural mangroves and coral
America Panama A humanitarian crisis has been officially declared on the country’s border with Colombia, as it estimates that by the end of 2022, over 200.000 migrants will have tried to illegally pass the border
America Panama The state has just scored a new annual record of migrants that have crossed the country in order to get to the US, surpassing 158.000 with the majority being Venezuelans
America Panama To fight climate change and overpopulated city areas, a new project has been presented by a local company that consists in building floating ecological homes off the coast of the country, which are completely 100% sustainable and self-sufficient
America Panama The government has placed more controls in the Darién jungle, as it has estimated that approximately 50.000 Venezuelan migrants have crossed it to illegally enter the country just this year
America Panama The government has legalised and created a new framework to regularise the use, production, and commercialisation of medical marijuana, and has created a new governmental body specifically to overlook all activities related to it
America Panama The Guna Yala indigenous islands are under threat due to climate change and are expected to be submerged in the next 30 years; the state has already begun to relocate hundreds of their people to mainland, as moving the whole community will take decades