Migration flows have accompanied Panama since long before the colonial period and have been fundamental in the current sociocultural and economic construction of the country. Despite this weight in society, the Panamanian State has not had –and does not have– a coherent integration policy for migrants arriving in the country, underlines sociologist Alonso Ramos. “Since…
The President of the Republic of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo, made official the appointments of Vladimir A. Franco Sousa, as the new Vice Chancellor of Foreign Relations and Yill del Carmen Otero, as the new Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs and International Cooperation. The latter comes to the position to replace Ana Luisa Castro Novey who…
‘Who are the owners of the land in Panama?’ second edition No government plan of the last three administrations proposes a way out of the unequal distribution of land in Panama, while on the contrary, it worsens ByAbdiel Ivan Quinterojournalists@laestrella.com.pa Updated 11/20/2022 00:00Created 11/20/2022 00:00 ‘Who are the owners of the land in Panama?’ second edition…
The Public Ministry has two business days to analyze whether to file an appeal in the Odebrecht case. The MP was notified by mail by the Third Settlement Court for Criminal Cases of Mixed Order No.09 of November 7, 2022, in which 35 people were called to trial for crimes against the economic order, and…
The ball is already rolling in Qatar. Ecuador and the host country were in charge of launching this soccer party with the opening match this Sunday. With a 2-0 victory, Ecuador, with both goals scored by Enner Valencia, kept the three points of the match, positioning itself so far in first place in the group, waiting…
The National Government will not promote changes to the law of the Institute of National Aqueducts and Sewers (Idaan), but it is advancing in a process of transformation of the entity, which according to its director Juan Antonio Ducruet, is already in operation and its results, he assures, will be seen at the end of…
“Whoever does not live it, does not understand it, but you have to get used to it. There’s no other option!”. Whoever affirms this is one of the more than 21,000 prisoners who survive in the country’s jails. The prisoner testified with resignation, in that purgatory, the feeling of abandonment of him as the punishment that society imposed…
The Archeology Laboratory of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), in Amador, houses human and animal skeletal remains that have been found over several decades in different scientific excavations in Panama. Dr. Nicole Smith-Guzmán was recently appointed curator of the Archeology Laboratory and is organizing the vast collection. Her goal is to group the materials from…
Migration flows have accompanied Panama since long before the colonial period and have been fundamental in the current sociocultural and economic construction of the country. Despite this weight in society, the Panamanian State has not had –and does not have– a coherent integration policy for migrants arriving in the country, underlines sociologist Alonso Ramos. “Since…
Historically, the construction sector is one of the main engines of economic growth in Panama. But during the covid-19 pandemic it was one of the most affected, falling by up to 50% (2020), and to date it has not achieved the growth levels it had before (pre-pandemic). The construction sector will close this year with a…
