This new museum is certainly getting a lot of press. Here's another article about it just out in the New York Times.
Articles like this one have a surprisingly strong impact on tourism. Another $100 million plus investment in the country's d...
Starting in the first week of November, we enter holiday season in Boquete and that means lots of parades and fairs from now through April of next year.
November is about independence and patriotism. The streets of Boquete swell wit...
Vice President of Panama, Isabel De Saint Malo and Colombia's Foreign Minister, María Ángela Holguín
photo and article in Spanish, Portfolio.co
In the last newsletter, we mentioned that Colombia was jostling for more control over their ...
Boquete and Volcan are coffee country. These areas in Chiriqui produce most of the coffee grown in Panama. When driving through the hills and hiking the trails of Boquete you see lots of the rich green leaves and, in the right time of year,...
Amazing. It comes as welcome news that so many animals displaced by the expansion are being relocated. A huge project like the canal expansion unfortunately equals habitat destruction. If this report is representative of what’s really happe...
On Monday, we received an email notice from News Boquete that Myles and Martina had lost their parrot. They had raised it from near birth and now it was gone. Here’s the notice:
Lost Parrot
Area of Los Naranjos. If you see our parrot, p...
It was big news in 2010 when the three big rating agencies announced Panama as worthy of investment grade credit ratings. Since then, the ratings have improved a couple of notches.
As of Oct. 8, 2014, there are new announcements of stable ...
The Panamanian government has steadily amassed successes on trade agreements over recent years. Here comes another one. Expect more to come with neighboring Colombia possibly up next and the Pacific Alliance membership likely to follow. Pan...
This great 1 and a half minute video shows the incredible scope of the work being done to expand the canal and a gives a quick look at the Canal’s new leader Sr. Jorge Luis Quijano. It comes as part of the American Society of Civil Engineer...
Another reason for Panamanians to be Happy.
The Panamanian airline is first in profitability among all major airlines worldwide. Have you flown Copa lately? It is a pleasure. More meals, new planes, comfortable seats, friendly flight atten...
It's On! In this cornnnnner, Freedom Fighter Rudolph "El Alcade" Giuliani, weighing in at a nonfat yogurt reduced unknown weight.
And in this cornnnnnner, Former Panamanian Dictator, Manuel “Hate That Prison Food” Noriega.
You may ...
President Varela was recently on an official trip to Spain. He announced plans for $35 billion in projects with specifics to come. To start with is the major expansion of the Metro Subway project, a second subway line which is going forward. ...