Balancing act: Threatened by climate change, Panama Canal has big plans to deal with drought
MARIANNA PARRAGA and ELIDA MORENO, of Reuters, report on the Rio Indio dam project amid concerns for a population that faces displacement…
Mission of understanding: In Darien Gap, Latino Protestant leaders see migrant journey firsthand
ALEJA HERTZLER-MCCAIN, of Religion News Service, reports that the trip brought 25 Latino Protestant leaders and pastors to Panama to help them understand the experiences of migrants…
In annual religious pilgrimage, Panamanians crawl to reach the Black Christ of Portobelo
Portobelo, Panama AP At dawn, pilgrims like Ernesto Troya undertook the hardest stretch of their journey to reach the statue of the Black Christ of Portobelo in Panama. Moved by faith, they crawled for several hours along the street toward the image of the saint. Pilgrim Ernesto Troya stretches his friend’s leg as they take […]
West hits pause on fresh measures against Venezuela’s Maduro
Houston, US/Washington DC, US/Brasilia, Brazil Reuters More than two weeks after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed re-election victory, the US and other Western countries are showing little sign of swift tough action over what many of them have condemned as voting fraud. Most governments have demanded that Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) release a full […]
Panama seeks Latin American summit to support democracy in Venezuela
Panama City, Panama Reuters Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said on Tuesday he wants to host a summit of 17 Latin American presidents to discuss the political situation in Venezuela and support democracy in the country following its contested election late last month. Mulino made the announcement in a post on X, instructing his foreign […]
Panama’s new President promises to curb illegal migration, boost economy
Panama City, Panama Reuters Panama’s new president, Jose Raul Mulino, took office on Monday vowing to reactive the economy and put the brakes on illegal immigration coming through the Central American nation’s southern jungle. Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino, with his wife Marisel Cohen de Mulino, and National Assembly President Dana Castaneda, gestures during his […]
Rising seas force Panama Indigenous families to leave island homes
Panama City Reuters Rising sea levels due to climate change have forced an Indigenous Guna community to leave their homes on an island off Panama’s coast that is fast disappearing. Some 300 families – 1,351 people – based in Gardi Subdug, a small Caribbean island a couple of kilometres off the Central American coastline, received […]
UN sees number of young migrants crossing the dangerous Darien Gap up by a third
Panama City, Panama Reuters The number of minors crossing the treacherous jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap is on pace to rise by 34 per cent to reach 160,000 this year, the United Nations’ Children Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. The migration of mostly US-bound kids through the Darien Gap represents […]
Mulino wins Panama presidency with support from convicted former leader
Panama City Reuters Panama’s former security minister Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday stormed to victory in a presidential poll dominated by his old boss, the corruption tainted ex-leader Ricardo Martinelli, who buttressed his campaign while holed up in Nicaragua’s embassy. Mulino was one of the favorites for the presidency after he stepped in to replace […]
‘Slow-motion disaster’: Panama’s Indigenous leave home as sea levels rise
The Guna people of Panama’s sinking Gardi Sugdub island are planning to move to the mainland to escape rising sea levels. ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…