OPINION: Election vice distorts reults
The Panamanian electoral process has many virtues that we should be proud of. But it also has a defect...
Investigation into Bocas del Toro election result
PANAMA’S electoral prosecutor Eduardo Peñaloza, has opened an investigation for the possible commission of electoral crimes in the province of...
Election of deputy challenged to clean Capira name
A group of residents and candidates in the community of Capira in West Panama will contest the resultafter the...
Martinelli defense continues stalling tactics
IN THEIR ongoing battle to delay the day of justice for ex-president Ricardo Martinell two new appeals, the latest in...
OPINION: Strengthening Democracy
The intensity of the electoral tournament has been transferred to the scrutiny boards of several of the country's multi-member circuits,...
Winners and losers battle for share of Assembly spoils
THREE DAYS After Panama’s elections in which a number of the old guard National Assembly deputies were ousted from what...
22-year-old political giant killer creates history
Juan Diego Vásquez a 22-year-old political neophyte running as an independent has become the most voted candidate in Panama. ...
Taboga mayor pays for environmental gaff
Among those swept aside in the election was Ramón Ramos, the flamboyant mayor of Taboga, who tried to make a...
OPINION: Sanitizing the Assembly
Although the composition of the new National Assembly that will take office on July 1 is not fully defined, there...

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Ceasing Mining Activity Raised Unemployment in Coclé, Columbus (Colón) and Chiriquí
Ceasing Mining Activity Raised Unemployment in Coclé, Columbus (Colón) and Chiriquí