Panama to Build Maximum Security Prison

President José Raúl Mulino announced on Thursday, January 2, that a maximum security prison will be built for criminals accused of serious crimes. The president’s statements were made in the legislature during his first address to the country. “In terms of …

Panama: Protesters say ‘enemy’ Trump must leave canal alone

Q24N (DW) Demonstrators in Panama on Tuesday, December 24, 2024,  protested against US President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US government could retake the Panama Canal. Trump had complained about what he referred to as “exorbitant” shipping …

RILEE’S RETURN: Missing child found in Panama, mother ordered to house arrest

By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A child missing from her South Padre Island family since the summer returned home this week. Four-year-old Rilee June Crouch was found in Panama this week reports the Crouch family. Escorted by U.S. …

Migrant Crossings Through Panama’s Darién Gap Drop 41% in 2024

Some 302,000 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, crossed the Panamanian jungle of Darién in 2024 on their way to the United States, 41% less than the previous year, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino announced on Thursday. This decrease is registered less …

Donald Trump and the great Panama Canal tantrum

As he gears up to retake the presidency of the United States this month, Donald Trump has spontaneously begun threatening to retake the Panama Canal, as well. Per the incoming president’s recent tantrums on social media, Panama is “ripping off” the US with …

Panama says migrant jungle crossings fell 41% in 2024

The number of US-bound migrants passing through the Darien jungle fell by 41 percent in 2024, with around 302,000 attempting the dangerous journey from Colombia, Panama's president said Thursday. Following an agreement signed with Washington in July, …

The New Panama Railroad Could Cross the Panama Canal

Panama’s railway transport system is taking a crucial step in its modernization. With the recent technical advisory contract signed between the National Railway Secretariat of Panama and the American company AECOM USA, progress is being made in updating …

The Panama News links and memes blog gets into 2025

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Trump isn’t all wrong about Panama, but his ambassador pick gets us nowhere | Opinion

President-elect Donald Trump’s Panama Canal rants are both wrong and right. But even where he’s right, Trump risks getting it really wrong — including his questionable choice of a Miami-Dade County commissioner to be his ambassador to Panama. (More on that …

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