The Panama Perspective

20/01/2022

The search for lost rums has gotten a bit out of hand.

There’s been so much attention, to the point of obsession, over finding rare bottlings of now-defunct distilleries that it’s begun to obscure the magnificent quality of the many distilleries that are actually still, well, making rum.

The search for lost rums has gotten a bit out of hand. There’s been so much attention, to the point of obsession, over finding rare bottlings of now-defunc

20/01/2022

For a small country, it packs a real punch— it’s the 11th time Panama takes pole position in IL’s Annual Global Retirement Index…. and with good reason.

10/01/2022

Panama’s Copa Airlines launched a nonstop flight four times a week to Atlanta last weekend, competing directly with Delta Air Lines Inc. on the route and offering one-stop access to an array of destinations across Latin America.
Copa was welcomed with a water-cannon salute at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Sunday, Dec.

Panama’s Copa Airlines launched a nonstop flight four times a week to Atlanta last weekend, competing directly with Delta Air Lines Inc. on the route a

10/01/2022

Panama's government said on Wednesday it wanted to recover millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains made by two sons of a former Panamanian president who have pleaded guilty in the United States to money laundering.
The sons of former President Ricardo Martinelli - Luis Enrique Martinelli and Ricardo Alberto Martinelli - entered guilty pleas this month after U.S.

Panama's government said on Wednesday it wanted to recover millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains made by two sons of a former Panamanian president who have p

10/01/2022

Panama is the sleeper destination of Central America, transited by crowded cruise ships but rarely a place that cries out for a dedicated visit. That may be about to change with the opening of the Hotel La Compañía in spring 2022 in Panama City.

Panama is the sleeper destination of Central America, transited by crowded cruise ships but rarely a place that cries out for a dedicated visit. That may be abo

10/01/2022

Panama made record drugs seizures in 2021, confiscating some 126 tonnes of contraband, chiefly co***ne, the security ministry of the Central American country said on Sunday.
This year's haul compared with 81.7 tonnes in 2020, 86.8 tonnes in 2019 and 76.8 tonnes in 2018, the ministry said in a statement.

Panama made record drugs seizures in 2021, confiscating some 126 tonnes of contraband, chiefly co***ne, the security ministry of the Central American country sa