Panama cutting it’s own throat, as Darien logging activity kills swathe of vital land

The country lost 352 thousand hectares in 18 years The province with the highest forest loss between 2000 and 2017 was Darién. There, during the last years, several denunciations have been presented for illegal logging. The country lost between 2000 and 2017 about 352 thousand hectares of forests, due to activities such as agriculture, logging…

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Guaido bristles as Maduro opens border with Colombia

http://laestrella.com.pa/internacional/america/guaido-dice-maduro-reabrio-frontera-colombia-presion-ciudadana/24124701 The head of Parliament, Juan Guaidó, recognized as interim president of Venezuela by more than 50 countries, said on Saturday that the government of Nicolás Maduro ordered the reopening of border crossings with Colombia due to pressure from citizens. For the ‘pressure of citizens (because) there is a need latent throughout the country,’ said…

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FOLLOW UP: Beach clean up in Bella Vista

https://www.prensa.com/provincias/operativo-limpieza-recolectan-Bella-Vista_0_5323717578.html A large amount of garbage was collected at Bella Vista beach, in Guararé, to avoid affecting the marine species of the sector. The Ministry of Environment staff and a group of volunteers collected plastic, glass, tires and cans in the area of ​​Bella Vista beach. In addition to the Ministry of Environment, the environmental…

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Metropolitan Park to receive $5Million facelift

$ 5 million will be invested to create cultural and artistic areas, as well as new trails and facilities to increase the influx of visitors. https://impresa.prensa.com/economia/Parque-metropolitano-ampliara-atracciones_0_5322967709.html Enter the domain of the Metropolitan Natural Park is a blow to the senses. The change in temperature is immediate and, despite being a few meters from a busy…

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Over a MILLION gather in Hong Kong for Human Rights protest

https://www.prensa.com/mundo/Gigantesca-manifestacion-Hong-Kong-China_0_5323717581.html Hong Kong witnessed this Sunday, June 9, the largest demonstration since it stopped being a British colony, in 1997, when more than a million people, according to the organizers, protested against the plan to allow extraditions to mainland China. The demonstrators marched under a scorching summer heat through the narrow streets of the main…

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Soccer star Neymar in Brazil to fight rape charges. Cites extortion

https://www.prensa.com/deportes/Neymar-declara-difusion-intimas-violacion_0_5321467848.html Neymar appeared Thursday night at the police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro to give evidence in the case that investigates him for having disseminated intimate images of a woman who accuses him of rape, in order to show his innocence. The attacker, aged 27, entered the City of Police in a wheelchair, due to…

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Shady Mayor of San Miguelito being audited

https://impresa.prensa.com/panorama/Contraloria-audita-Alcaldia-San-Miguelito_0_5321467889.html A forensic audit is carried out by the Comptroller General of the Republic in the form of the Mayor’s Office of San Miguelito, which is headed by Gerald Cumberbacht. During the last two days, the auditors have consulted in offices located in the headquarters of the Mayor’s Office, and discovered, for example, that some…

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Popi, Yunito, Dopey, Grumpy, Sneezy” and the other characters in Martinelli circus

http://laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/popi-recopilo-evidencias-contra-yunito-vega/24124262 The debate on the possible freedom of former President Ricardo Martinelli, about to complete a year in detention, begins to be a recurring theme in the trial sessions against the exmandatario by telephone jabs.The defense announced that on Tuesday it will request the trial court, led by Judge Roberto Tejeira, to grant the freedom…

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