Tag: Panama

• Friday, September 20th 2013 - 07:27 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum, ‘credibility plus’ for Islanders say impressed Panamanian political delegation

  

  The Falkland Islands referendum of last March gave credibility to the Islanders’ position in their political cause according to a multi party delegation of visiting Panamanian parliamentarians, reports the latest edition of the Penguin News.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 06:45 UTC

  Falklands receives visit of lawmakers from Panama’s National Assembly

  

  A group of Panama National Assembly members has arrived in the Falkland Islands for a week long visit. The party is headed by Foreign Affairs Commission president Dalia Bernal and includes Yaniel Abrego, president of the Education Commission, lawmaker Renaul Dominguez and Jorge Gantes legal advisor of the Foreign Affaris Committee.

• Thursday, September 12th 2013 - 04:50 UTC

  OAS will monitor Panama general elections next 4 May 2014

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS, Electoral Observation Mission is visiting Panama to monitor the organization of the General Elections of May 4, 2014, in response to an invitation from the country’s electoral and governmental authorities.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 18:03 UTC

  Unasur embarrassment: Suriname president’s son arrested by US on drug and arms trafficking

  

  Suriname opposition legislators have called on President Desi Bouterse to resign as well as to clarify the circumstances surrounding the arrest of his son by United States law enforcement authorities in Panama earlier this week.

• Friday, June 7th 2013 - 03:30 UTC

  Panama, host of next Americas’ summit after consensus to invite Cuba

  

  An “ad hoc” committee, made up of various countries, will advise the Government of Panama, host of the 2015 Seventh Summit of the Americas, regarding a possible invitation to Cuba to participate in the next triennial meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Hemisphere.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2013 - 06:07 UTC

  Chile in US visa waiver program; Obama receives Piñera at the White House

  

  Chilean citizens have been chosen for the US Visa Waiver program, Chilean president Sebastián Piñera announced on Monday in Washington. He is scheduled to meet President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday to talk trade and other regional issues.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 06:03 UTC

  Latam/Caribbean region forecasted to expand 3.5% propped by domestic demand

  

  Latin American and Caribbean countries will grow on average 3.5% this year supported by a strong domestic demand and the improved performance of Argentina and Brazil compared with 2012, according to the latest “Updated economic review of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012’ from the UN Economic Commission for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, ECLAC.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2013 - 02:10 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ delegation expected in Mexico to talk about referendum results

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker Dr. Barry Elsby and young Islander Krysteen Ormond are expected this week in Mexico with a full agenda of political contacts and media interviews referred to the March referendum when Islanders by an overwhelming turnout and support, 92% and 99.8%, decided to continue as a British Overseas Territory.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 00:45 UTC

  Falklands’ delegation meets in Panama with keen interest in referendum results

  

  Panama City. (Special for MercoPress). As part of an on-going tour of Central America, Falkland Islands lawmaker Dr Barry Elsby and young Islander Krysteen Ormond spent four days in Panama building links and sharing the results of the Islands’ historic March 10/1 referendum.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 21:17 UTC

  Panama and Uruguay with greatest per capita GDP increase in 2008/2012, says Latinvex

  

  Panama was the country with the greatest increase in per capita GDP in the last five years, followed by Uruguay, Peru, Dominican Republic and Chile according to a report from the digital publication Latinvex.