Panama News News Panama » Economy: IMF sees Panama GDP up 4.5% this year in rebound from copper mine closure
Aug 25 (Reuters) - Panama's economy is expected to grow this year as the impact from the closure in late 2023 of First Quantum Minerals' (FM.TO), opens new tab Cobre Panama copper mine fades, and ...
News Panama » Economy: How could Panama Canal shipping cuts affect the global economy?
A significant drought in Panama caused by the El Niño weather pattern has forced the Central American country to drastically slash the number of vessels it lets through the Panama Canal. The reduced ...
News Panama » Economy: The Panama Canal’s other conflict: Water security for the population and the global economy
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Panama Canal carries cargo ships between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, cutting weeks off shipping time. Danny Lehman/The ...
News Panama » Economy: Tourism Beyond Panama City: Why the Interior Holds the Key to Panama’s Economic Future
Panama’s tourism industry must expand beyond Panama City to unlock economic growth in the provinces. Inland tourism can create jobs, strengthen small businesses, increase visitor spending, and promote ...
News Panama » Economy: Panama pitches itself as India's strategic gateway to the Americas
Pitching his country as the ultimate gateway to the Americas, Panama's Foreign Minister Javier Eduardo Martinez-Acha Vasquez stated that Panama is uniquely positioned ahead of regional competitors to ...
News Panama » Economy: After Pension Reforms, Mulino’s Next Hurdle Is the Cobre Panama Mine
Panamanian President Jos Raul Mulino speaks during press conference in the Presidential Office, in Panama City, Panama, Feb. 9, 2025 (GDA photo via AP Images). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new ...
News Panama » Economy: The Panama precedent: Why the stock market is looking past the Venezuela crisis
One way to determine the stock market’s next move following the surprise U.S. invasion of Venezuela is to look at the nearest recent historical parallel—the U.S. 1989 ouster of Panama’s Manuel Noriega ...
News Panama » Economy: Panama Canal Warns of Traffic Decline as Economic Uncertainty Grows
The Panama Canal will take in about $400 million less in the next fiscal year due to a drop in ship traffic caused by global economic “uncertainty,” the canal authority warned Tuesday. For the ...
News Panama » Economy: Panama Aviation Sector Grows By Leaps; Boosts Local Economy
Panama's economy is gaining from the torrid growth of the country's air transport sector and the resulting uptick in tourism and travel, and beefing up Panama's connectivity to the world's air ...
News Panama » Economy: Panama's deep social inequalities are a legacy of racial segregation
Dominated by its canal, the source of all its prosperity, the country remains divided in two a century after a racist system separated white American workers from Black or mixed-race workers.
News Panama » Economy: The Panama Canal's other conflict: Water security for the population and the global economy
The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of global trade passing through. It also relies heavily on rainfall. Without enough freshwater flowing in, the canal ...