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The United States is threatening to take over the Panama Canal at a time when Panama is struggling to address growing challenges…

“We were four cats,” recalled Aubrey Baxter with a laugh. It’s an expression that, in Panama, means a handful, and Baxter was…

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Damaris Sanchez is a soft-spoken environmentalist from the hills of Western Panama. She lives in an area called Cerro Punta in the…

Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that the contract signed between the state and Minera Panamá to operate the Cobre Panamá mine is…

First published in Portuguese at Revista Movimento. Translation by Revista Movimento. The approval, in the last debate in the House of Deputies on…