Tag: Panama

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Ex Argentine president Menem acquitted of arms shipments to Croatia and Ecuador

  

  Argentina's highest criminal court acquitted former President Carlos Menem of smuggling arms shipments to Ecuador and Croatia in the 1990s when both countries were involved in armed conflicts, overturning a 2013 conviction.

• Monday, September 24th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  Panama registry of 'Aquarius 2' migrant rescue ship ended; “taxi service” is over says Italian home secretary

  

  The Aquarius 2 migrant rescue ship, the last of its kind operating in the central Mediterranean trafficking route, was told by the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) on Sunday that it will have its registration withdrawn. The boat is currently at sea with 58 survivors on board.

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Ex Panama president extradited from US; faces charges of illegal wiretapping

  

  The former president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, will be extradited this Monday from the United States, where he has been held for a case of illegal wiretapping, one of his attorneys said Sunday. It’s happening tomorrow,” Monday, Sidney Sitton said in a message by WhatsApp, without providing further details.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Maduro and cronies “grey listed” as suspects of money laundering and terrorism financing

  

  Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro along with more than 50 Venezuelan nationals are considered “high risk” for laundering money and financing terrorism, according to an advisory issued by Panama's economy and finance ministry.

• Monday, February 13th 2017 - 10:59 UTC

  Panama Papers office raided as part of the Petrobras/Odebrecht investigation

  

  The offices of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak, were raided on 9 February as part of an ongoing investigation into Brazil's biggest corruption scandal, the so called Operation Carwash (“Lava Jato” in Portuguese) involving the state-run oil company Petrobras.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 15:51 UTC

  Malcorra grateful to Panama for the standing and historic support in Malvinas sovereignty dispute

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra thanked her Panama peer Isabel de Saint Malo for the standing historic support from Panama to Argentina´s sovereignty claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, (under UK control), and looked forward to strengthening the excellent bilateral relations, according to an official Wednesday release from San Martin Palace.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 10:17 UTC

  More than 230 cruise ships will pass through the Panama Canal this 2016/17 season

  

  Cruise ship Coral Princess is slated to transit the Panama Canal on a voyage from Los Angeles, Calif., to the U.S. East Coast on October 4, 2016, officially kicking off the canal’s 2016-2017 cruise season, which according to the Panama Canal Authority will see more than 230 cruise ships pass through the Panama Canal.

• Monday, June 27th 2016 - 06:53 UTC

  Panama opens long-delayed US$ 4.5bn canal expansion: massive litigations looming

  

  Panama opened the long-delayed US$5.4 billion expansion of its shipping canal amid cheering crowds on Sunday, despite looming economic uncertainty in the shipping industry and a heated battle over billions in cost overruns.

• Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 16:53 UTC

  COSCO's “Andronikos” will make the first ceremonial transit of Expanded Panama Canal

  

  China COSCO Shipping has won the draw for its container vessel Andronikos to make the ceremonial first transit through the Expanded Panama Canal during the waterway's inauguration on Sunday, June 26. The vessel, which has a maximum capacity of 9,400 TEUs, is 48.25 meters in beam and 299.98 meters in length.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 09:00 UTC

  Don’t Blame Panama. Tax Evasion Is a Global Problem.

  

  By Juan Carlos Varela (*) - The following was published by The New York Times in The Opinion Pages. DESPITE their name, the Panama Papers are not mainly about Panama. They are not even primarily concerned with Panamanian companies. The more than 11 million documents, illegally hacked and released last week relating to previously undisclosed “offshore” corporations, is roiling the world with revelations of the vulnerability for rampant abuse of legal financial structures by the wealthy.