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Intimate Apparel: a 'gorgeous, vibrant' production
The Week Magazine
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July 3, 2025
Seven years after Lynette Linton made her name at the Donmar Warehouse with a "blistering" production of "Sweat", she has "returned to the scene of her triumph" with another "devastatingly fine" show, said Fiona Mountford in The Telegraph. The...
Panama Canal Marks Nine Years Since Expansion with Growth in Transits and Tonnage
Hellenic Shipping News
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June 27, 2025
The Panama Canal Authority, today, celebrates the ninth anniversary of the canal’s expansion, reporting a rise in both transits and tonnage moved during the first eight months of fiscal year 2025 in comparison to the same period last year. Between...
Protests Rise Over Panama Canal’s New Water Project
Tico Times
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July 2, 2025
Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino on Tuesday defended the construction of a new reservoir for the interoceanic canal and criticized those who oppose the project, which aims to secure water supply for navigation. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP),...
UNOC addresses shipping’s hidden impact on marine biodiversity
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 2, 2025
While discussions around sustainability in the sector often focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the impact on marine biodiversity is often underestimated. Marine biodiversity is crucial for maintaining the resilience of the ocean ecosystems...
The Panama Canal and its importance for Australia
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 2, 2025
In the light of President Trump’s recent comments, Professor Michael G.H. Bel discusses the significance of the Panama Canal for global freight, and considers how rising costs and proposed alternate routes may affect Australia’s supply chains....
El Salvador Attracts $322 Million in Foreign Investment in Q1 2025, Led by Panama, Spain, and the U.S.
El Salvador in English
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July 3, 2025
El Salvador continues to position itself as a rising destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America, registering an inflow of $322.2 million in the first quarter of 2025 alone—a 64% increase compared to the same period in 2024,...
Panama extends suspension of constitutional rights amid protests
United Press International (UPI)
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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...
Chiquita Brands Leaves Panama Amid Protests, Talks Underway to Resume
Tico Times
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July 1, 2025
Laid-off workers from the U.S.-based banana company Chiquita Brands said on Monday that they are hoping for the company’s return to Panama, after it halted operations in the country due to millions in losses caused by two months of protests....
Shipping reflects weather, tariffs, and geopolitical instability
Fresh Plaza
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June 24, 2025
The international trade game board has been shaken by Trump's tariff hike, coupled with instability in the Red Sea region, and the pervasive effects of climate change. Logistics is working to overcome unexpected events and must become more...
Ambassadors of Panama and Peru Visit Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Diplomat magazine EU
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July 1, 2025
By Eduardo Antonio Carreño Campos, Carlos Enrique Díaz Villanueva and Kristoff Derveaux On May 7, Saxion University of Applied Sciences had the honor of welcoming the Ambassadors of Panama, H.E. Ms. Sally Loo Hui, and Peru, H.E. Ms. Franca Deza...
Panama boosts protections in the Darién Gap, but deforestation threats still loom
Mongabay
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June 24, 2025
Panama is pouring new resources into protecting Darién, a remote province where the rugged, nearly impenetrable jungle provides cover for migrants, drug traffickers, illegal loggers, miners and cattle ranchers. Dozens of park guards have been...
Panama Regains Control of Bocas del Toro After Violent Protests
Tico Times
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June 24, 2025
Panama’s government has regained control of Bocas del Toro province after months of violent anti-government protests sparked by pension reforms, officials announced. The unrest, centered in the banana-producing region, left one person dead, over...
Colombia Awarded for Leadership in the Meetings Industry
Prevue - Florida
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July 1, 2025
Colombia’s showing in the recent FIEXPO—one of the most important trade fairs for the meetings industry in Latin America—was outstanding, with four international awards recognizing its commitment to sustainability, historic preservation and the...
President Mulino’s First Year in Office – Panamanian Foreign Policy Achievements
Newsroom Panama
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July 1, 2025
During this period, the country’s foreign policy has been guided by the defense of national interests and the projection of Panama as a solid democracy and an open economy. This strategic vision has allowed it to strengthen alliances, attract...
Last gasp: Securing Europe’s wind industry from dependence on China
European Council on Foreign Relations
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July 1, 2025
Summary Incoming Chinese competition is an ominous sign for one of Europe’s last clean technology hopes—wind turbine manufacturing. China has already eradicated Europe’s solar industry. It also dominates the supply chains of many components and...
Low inventory, high prices, rising threats are all part of current cattle industry
Agweek - North Dakota
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July 1, 2025
DEADWOOD, S.D. — The cattle inventory remains at a 74-year low, but record cattle prices continue. Bernt Nelson, economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation spoke on this topic at the South Dakota Governor’s Agriculture Summit in Deadwood,...
Record 2.5 tonnes of cocaine seized off New Caledonia on Panama-flagged vessel bound for Australia
RNZ
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July 1, 2025
French customs officers board a ship as part of anti-drug traffic operation. Photo: Supplied / Douane France A record 2.5 tonnes of cocaine were seized last week off New Caledonia, the French High Commission in New Caledonia said on Thursday. The...
First Quantum begins shipping Cobre Panama's copper concentrate
Mining News
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June 30, 2025
First Quantum Minerals has begun shipping some of its stockpiled copper concentrate from its halted Cobre Panama mine. The first ship, with a capacity to carry around 35,000t, left First Quantum's Punto...
America and China clash over the Panama Canal..!?
India Herald
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Many people know about the panama Canal, it is one of the busiest cargo shipping routes in the world. What is the reason for suddenly talking about the panama Canal..? The panama Canal is currently struggling amid the dominance of the world's...
Panama: Tense situation goes on in Bocas del Toro province
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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June 24, 2025
Since last Friday, the border territory with Costa Rica has been under a state of emergency decreed by the government. Such a decision includes restrictions on constitutional guarantees, such as the suspension of internet and mobile phone...