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After mass layoffs at banana giant Chiquita’s Panama operation this summer threatened the fruit’s supply chains, work is set to resume at the plant in Bocas del Toro. CBC | World News
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Unbeaten Canada secures FIBA AmeriCup quarterfinal berth with 50-point win over Panama
Canada jumped out to a 33-16 first quarter lead and never looked back, whipping Panama 99-49 for its second straight win at the FIBA men’s AmeriCup tournament on Saturday in Managua, Nicaragua. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Panama Papers leak has led to nearly $2B in recouped taxes for governments
Almost exactly nine years after the Panama Papers were revealed, two dozen countries’ tax agencies say they’ve recovered nearly $ 2 billion combined in tax arrears thanks to information in the leak about hidden bank accounts and offshore shell companies. CBC | World News
Read More »Panama, Greenland lash out at Trump’s latest push to ‘reclaim’ them, ‘one way or another’
U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his plans for Panama and Greenland in his comments to Congress on Tuesday, prompting swift pushback from the leaders of those countries. CBC | World News
Read More »Billionaire agrees £17.8bn Panama Canal deal after Donald Trump China outrage
Donald Trump has said he wants to ‘reclaim’ the waterway for the US Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Migrants expelled from U.S. to Costa Rica, Panama in a legal ‘black hole’
Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they wrestle with the logistics of a suddenly reversed migration flow. CBC | World News
Read More »Panama Canal ‘will continue to be Panamanian,’ country’s president says in response to Trump
Doubling down on his pre-inauguration threat to reimpose U.S. control over the canal, Trump, in his inauguration speech Monday, again accused Panama of breaking the promises it made for the final transfer of the strategic waterway in 1999 and of ceding its operation to China — claims that Panama has vehemently denied. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump looks to turn back the clock on the Panama Canal
Control of the Panama Canal, once a key U.S. presidential campaign issue for Ronald Reagan and an animating topic for people ranging from film legend John Wayne to an unpredictable Canadian-born U.S. senator, has seemingly made a comeback as a hot-button topic in Washington. CBC | World News
Read More »Months after a violent attack in Panama, Gatineau couple focuses on recovery
After experiencing a violent attack in Panama, Geneviève Plouffe and Martin Audette are back in Canada. They are now trying to recover from their physical and psychological injuries. CBC | World News
Read More »Panama president hits back at Trump over canal U.S. takeover comments
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage. The comments drew a sharp rebuke from Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino. CBC | World News
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