US Navy’s giant hospital ship arrives in Panama

The U.S. Navy’s hospital ship USNS Comfort arrived in Colón, Panama, on June 25 as part of the Continuing Promise 2025 mission, bringing medical personnel, humanitarian aid, and engineering support to one of Washington’s closest regional partners. …

Panama extends suspension of constitutional rights amid protests

People walk along a blocked street during the day of protests in Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, Panama, this past weekend. Panama will extend its suspension of constitutional rights in Bocas del Toro province through June 29 in response to escalating anti- …

Muscle Shoals firefighters save couple from Panama City riptide

Uncovering an Archaeology of U.S. Empire in Panama

Mason was right to be concerned. Many conclusions about the Playa Venado graves, not just made by amateurs, but also by professional archaeologists, hypothesized that individuals had been brutally murdered and sacrificed. For decades, these results fueled …

What will Panama’s Role be as Global Demand for Copper Increases

Thousands of former workers, members of supplier companies and local residents staged a march on Sunday in the Panamanian town of Penonomé asking President José Raúl Mulino to initiate talks on a potential reopening of the giant Cobre Panama copper mine, …

Panama is not Experiencing an Economic Crisis but rather an Employment Crisis

Expanding development centers, making changes to the job offer, and improving recruitment dynamics are just some of the recommendations put forward.  With economic growth reaching 5.2% through the first quarter of 2025, we should see results in salary …

The Expanded Locks of the Panama Canal have Witnessed more than 25,000 Transits in 9 Years

A total of 25,000+ vessel transits have crossed the expanded locks of the Panama Canal in the last nine years, since the inauguration of the first ship, the Cosco Shipping Panama, on June 26, 2016.  Specifically, 2,181 vessels passed through the Neopanamax …

Inquiry recommends improved landing aids after Air Panama Fokker 50 excursion

Investigators probing the runway excursion which destroyed an Air Panama Fokker 50 at Colon have recommended installing precision-approach lights and adding aiming-point runway markings in order to assist crews following a glidepath. The aircraft, inbound …

Strengthening Security: Panama’s Approach to Maritime Logistics

Naval engineer Captain Luis Carlos Camaño, head of the Naval Engineering Department at the Panamanian National Air and Naval Service’s (SENAN) Naval Maintenance Directorate, has dedicated 12 years to public service, 11 of them focused on maintaining and …

The Expanded Locks of the Panama Canal have Witnessed more than 25,000 Transits in 9 Years