Panama Blog
Panama and Colombia come to agreement
Vice President of Panama, Isabel De Saint Malo and Colombia's Foreign Minister, María Ángela Holguín photo and article in Spanish, Portfolio.co In the last newsletter, we mentioned that Colombia was jostling for more control over their ...
Coffee Bean Prices Hit 2 year high and headed higher
Boquete and Volcan are coffee country. These areas in Chiriqui produce most of the coffee grown in Panama. When driving through the hills and hiking the trails of Boquete you see lots of the rich green leaves and, in the right time of year,...
Panama relocating Monkeys, Sloths, Crocs, Snakes
Amazing. It comes as welcome news that so many animals displaced by the expansion are being relocated. A huge project like the canal expansion unfortunately equals habitat destruction. If this report is representative of what’s really happe...
Lost in Paradise – Myles’ and Martina’s Parrot
On Monday, we received an email notice from News Boquete that Myles and Martina had lost their parrot. They had raised it from near birth and now it was gone. Here’s the notice: Lost Parrot Area of Los Naranjos. If you see our parrot, p...
Standard and Poor’s and Fitch affirm Panama credit rating
It was big news in 2010 when the three big rating agencies announced Panama as worthy of investment grade credit ratings. Since then, the ratings have improved a couple of notches. As of Oct. 8, 2014, there are new announcements of stable ...
Another Free Trade Agreement – This Time It’s Mexico!
The Panamanian government has steadily amassed successes on trade agreements over recent years. Here comes another one. Expect more to come with neighboring Colombia possibly up next and the Pacific Alliance membership likely to follow. Pan...
Video of Panama Canal Expansion in Progress & Panama Canal Expansion Impact on US Engineers
This great 1 and a half minute video shows the incredible scope of the work being done to expand the canal and a gives a quick look at the Canal’s new leader Sr. Jorge Luis Quijano. It comes as part of the American Society of Civil Engineer...
Copa Airlines the Most Profitable in the World
Another reason for Panamanians to be Happy. The Panamanian airline is first in profitability among all major airlines worldwide. Have you flown Copa lately? It is a pleasure. More meals, new planes, comfortable seats, friendly flight atten...
Rudy Giuliani vs. Noriega – It’s On!
It's On! In this cornnnnner, Freedom Fighter Rudolph "El Alcade" Giuliani, weighing in at a nonfat yogurt reduced unknown weight. And in this cornnnnnner, Former Panamanian Dictator, Manuel “Hate That Prison Food” Noriega. You may ...
Panama President Varela plans $35 billion in infrastructure projects
President Varela was recently on an official trip to Spain. He announced plans for $35 billion in projects with specifics to come. To start with is the major expansion of the Metro Subway project, a second subway line which is going forward. ...