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Panama Shuts the Darién—and the Silence Leaves Villages Reeling
LatinAmerican Post
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July 1, 2025
A year after the Darién Gap echoed with the paddles of migrant canoes, the jungle is quiet. President José Raúl Mulino’s hard-liner strategy has throttled crossings, but in river towns like Bajo Chiquito, the aftermath feels like a ghost has...
Panamanian and U.S. medical experts change lives aboard the USNS Comfort
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 1, 2025
COLÓN, Panama – For three years, Jesús, a local bus driver from Colón, wore a cap to hide the large, painful scars on his ears. The disfigurement was a lingering reminder of a devastating vehicle accident that changed his life. This week aboard...
President Mulino’s First Year in Office – Panamanian Foreign Policy Achievements
Newsroom Panama
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July 1, 2025
During this period, the country’s foreign policy has been guided by the defense of national interests and the projection of Panama as a solid democracy and an open economy. This strategic vision has allowed it to strengthen alliances, attract...
Dana Castañeda Steps Down as Assembly President: “There Was a Discussion of the CSS Law Without any Hassle.”
Newsroom Panama
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July 1, 2025
Representative Dana Castañeda, of the Realizando Metas (RM) party, said goodbye to the presidency of the National Assembly this Tuesday, July 1, after a year in office (2024-2025), which she now leaves in the hands of Representative Jorge Herrera,...
8 International Stocks That Pay Big Dividends
24/7 Wall St.
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July 2, 2025
Investing William Potter / Shutterstock.com This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Income hungry investors are often continually on the lookout...
U.S. Navy biomedical technicians collaborate with Panamanian hospital staff to restore dental equipment
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 1, 2025
U.S. Navy biomedical technicians provide technical assistance in repairing biomedical equipment for a dental chair at a Panamanian hospital during Continuing Promise 2025 at Health Center Veracruz, Panamá, June 28, 2025. The collaborative effort...
Chiquita Brands Leaves Panama Amid Protests, Talks Underway to Resume
Tico Times
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July 1, 2025
Laid-off workers from the U.S.-based banana company Chiquita Brands said on Monday that they are hoping for the company’s return to Panama, after it halted operations in the country due to millions in losses caused by two months of protests....
Ambassadors of Panama and Peru Visit Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Diplomat magazine EU
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July 1, 2025
By Eduardo Antonio Carreño Campos, Carlos Enrique Díaz Villanueva and Kristoff Derveaux On May 7, Saxion University of Applied Sciences had the honor of welcoming the Ambassadors of Panama, H.E. Ms. Sally Loo Hui, and Peru, H.E. Ms. Franca Deza...
FBI-DOD Program Enlists, Equips International Partners to Help Crush Cartel Violence
Texas Border Business
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July 1, 2025
Members of the Colombia, Dominican Republic, and Guatemala police forces attend an FBI-led tactical combat casualty care training session in Barbados in May 2024. The instruction was part of a larger U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise. (U.S....
International Reggae Day festivities grow global momentum
Loop News
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June 30, 2025
30 Countries join the movement as media, and fans across multiple platforms prepare for global unity on July 1. With the theme ‘One Love. One Voice. One Day…’ International Reggae Day (IRD) 2025 is striking a powerful chord across continents,...
Record 2.5 tonnes of cocaine seized off New Caledonia on Panama-flagged vessel bound for Australia
RNZ
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July 1, 2025
French customs officers board a ship as part of anti-drug traffic operation. Photo: Supplied / Douane France A record 2.5 tonnes of cocaine were seized last week off New Caledonia, the French High Commission in New Caledonia said on Thursday. The...
Panama Beach Stalls Migrants Making U-Turn to South America
LatinAmerican Post
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June 30, 2025
Four years after caravans surged north through the Darién Gap, Panama is now seeing the same trail run in reverse. On the beach at Miramar, Venezuelan families wait for boats home, finding that going back can be harder than fleeing in the first...
Costa Rican-Owned BCT Bank is in the Eye of the Storm in Panama
Newsroom Panama
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July 1, 2025
The Public Prosecutor’s Office is conducting an investigation into possible money laundering crimes against the economic order and has held talks with Costa Rican judicial authorities. On June 10, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, through the Second...
Court reserves verdict on Shehbaz's plea in defamation suit against Imran
GEO TV
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July 3, 2025
Court to announce judgment on Shehbaz's plea on July 10. Shehbaz has petitioned to make legal notice part of record. Prime minister has demanded Rs10 billion in damages. A sessions court in Lahore has reserved its verdict on Prime Minister Shehbaz...
Panama approves 2-year extension on grey cement import tariffs
International Cement Review
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June 30, 2025
To protect Panama’s cement industry, the country’s government is extending the tariff of grey cement imports by two years. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Julio Moltó, explained that this decision seeks to preserve current jobs, ensure tax...
Historically Speaking: Too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth
The Henderson News - Texas
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Last week after learning about America’s bombing of Iran, two debates emerged: Did we do the right thing? And did President Trump have the legal authority to attack Iran without congressional authority or input? The first question is difficult to...
6 Headline Artists Join Melbourne International Jazz Festival's 2025 Line-up
Scenestr
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Ahead of the full programme launch this August, Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) have teased their 2025 season with six headline performers. The music line-up will feature the Australian live debut of five-time Grammy Award-winning...
Peter Rhodes on poles, politics and a million self-destructive Brits
Express & Star
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July 1, 2025
My holiday reading down in Devon was Alastair Cooke's America, a masterful study of the most powerful nation in history. Writing in 2002, Cooke contemplated a USA bitterly divided by issues such as race, wealth, language, gun ownership and the...
Roberto Duran Names The Only Fighter Who Was Tougher Than All Of The Four Kings
Seconds Out
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June 30, 2025
Roberto Duran is viewed as one of the greatest boxers of all time. The iconic Panamanian boxer competed an incredible 119 times from 1968 to 2001, becoming a world champion at lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight in the...
False Flag Vessels on the rise in the Baltics
SeaNews
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July 3, 2025
On July the 1st, the Sierra (IMO: 9522324), having loaded it’s cargo at Ust Luga, on the 28th June, was tracked approaching Gotland under the Malawi flag. The Aframax tanker, linked to the notorious “shadow fleet” has been under scrutiny by the...