In yet another raid on an upscale high rise in Panama City, police entered a ninth floor Destiny condominium after residents tipped them off to the presence of armed men in the building. Among the items produced by the raid were mini uzis, bulletproof vests, security uniforms and $9,000 in cash, La Prensa reports....
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Curundu has been known for its shootings, drugs and poverty, but a government-sponsored project is renovating the district. Composed of 14 neighborhoods, Curundu extends from Brooklyncito to Santa Cruz. Officially established in 1971, its first residents arrived earlier, building their homes of zinc, cardboard and wood. This is where the government has promised big...
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The Transit and Transportation Authority will be laying down new transit laws in an effort put some order to Panama’s traffic. Fines will increase for disorderly driving including the commonplace practice of “blocking the box,” a scenario in which vehicles follow vehicles past stoplights into the intersection regardless of whether there is room for...
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President Ricardo Martinelli traveled to Lima, Peru on Wednesday for an official two-day visit. On the agenda is a meeting with Peruvian President Alan Garcia, President of the Congress Cesar Zumaeta and Lima’s Mayor Luis Castaneda Lossio. To be discussed are a bilateral commercial agreement and the suppression of the need for visas between...
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