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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 
New border crisis as Costa Rica returns 250 Africans
AT LEAST 250 Africans were forcibly returned to Panamanian territory by Costa Rican police on Friday April 15. They arrived...
Ex-judge moves back to prison cell
DISGRACED former Supreme Court President Alejandro Moncada Luna whose lawyer is trying to convince the National Assembly that he should...
The Clinton neo-conservative military take
By Larry P. Goodson THE SECOND in a two-part series that considers what U.S. foreign policy might look like when...
Tax evasion: pressure mounts on Panama
PRESSURE is still on Panama to strengthen the transparency of its financial and legal systems as France and Germany issue...
MEDIA WATCH: corruption links rewarded
IN BRAZIL, Odebrecht is synonymous with corruption. Its president is imprisoned, its highest executives face legal proceedings and its operations...
PANAMA PAPERS: Ex advisor used his post to expand empire
RAMÓN FONSECA MORA, center of the “Panama Papers” storm and former top advisor to President Juan Carlos Varela could have...
President addresses diplomatic corps on Panama Papers
PRESIDENT , Juan Carlos Varela, met with most members of Panama’s Diplomatic communityon Wednesday, April 6. in an attempt to...
Customs corruption network uncovered
EIGHT SUSPECTS were arrested in three raids that began before daylight at the headquarters of the National Customs Authority (ANA)...
US-Panama FTA linked to tax evasion
THE PANAMA PAPERS affair is being cited in the USA as a warning sign over Free Trade deals between the...
Ex-top judge exits jail for Santo Tomas
THE DISGRACED former chief magistrate of Panama’s Supreme Court Alejandro Moncada Luna, who is imprisoned in El Renacer prison, was...
WORLD VIEW: Trump demagoguery and world leaders
THE WORLD always observes U.S. Presidential elections with bated breath, as the changing of the guard in Washington produces ripple...
Panama Papers : Government moves to damage control
PANAMA’S government has moved to try to limit the damage to the count ry’s image, inflicted by worldwide coverage of...