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
America Panama The government passed a decree applying a 30% discount in over 170 basic medicinals, thus inducing the temporary closure of 95% of national small to medium pharmacies as a means of protest
America Panama The majority of the country’s teachers have blocked major streets to demand the government to allocate at least 6% of the country’s GDP into public education
America Panama Indigenous people have joined the ongoing protests in the country to demand the protection of their territories, as illegal deforestation, pollution, and lack of property rights are making locals forcefully have to leave their communities
America Panama The government has reduced fuel prices and frozen rates in other essential products after a series of heavy protests against inflation and corruption took place
America Panama The country has officially criminalised the sale and import of vapes and heated tobacco products, and prohibited its use in areas that aren’t for smoking
America Panama The UN has recognised the country for its innovative approaches for dealing with the sanitary emergency, which includes the creation of a medical chatbot that can attend over 600 patients a day
America Panama President Laurentino Cortizo has vetoed the bill to legalise crypto as a means of payment over laundering risks, as the country is now aiming to get out all of the tax haven watch lists
America Panama Food deliverers have blocked all deliveries in the country in order to claim for better working conditions, causing great traffic and business blockages around the state
America Panama The country registered its new record of demanded electricity, causing the government to establish a preliminary strategy to save electricity in the upcoming months
America Panama Recently, Wanda (Wheel and Action) — a fully sustainable wheel that collects floating garbage from rivers and prevents it from reaching the bay — was the first to ever be established in Latin America and the Caribbean
America Panama The National Assembly approved a bill that regulates the commercialisation and use of cryptocurrency, by giving it a legal stability and proper jurisdiction