America Panama The government has offered to buy at market value the flooded houses of those affected by Hurricane Sally; not only providing those affected with a new opportunity, but also freeing up land for the development of public infrastructure
America Panama The Panama Canal is celebrating 21 years of reforestation, and has commemorated it with the planting of the area’s 5 millionth tree, representing one tree for each Panamanian
America Panama The former President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, has been accused by the US of being involved in "large-scale corruption” and sanctions have been imposed that extend to his close relatives prohibiting them from entering US territory
America Panama 2022 is known as the year of record-breaking inflation levels; however, the country has reportedly been the Latinamerican state with the lowest overall inflation of the past year
America Panama In 2022 the country nearly doubled the irregular migrants crossing its border on the way to the US, reaching approximately 250.000 migrants, over half of them being Venezuelan
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