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A series of protests began in Panama on 20 October 2023 following the immediate passing of a 20-to-40-year mining contract between the government of Panama and First Quantum Minerals, [6] the operator of Cobre Panamá, the largest open-pit copper mine in Central America, placed 20 minutes away from the western coast of Colon Province and within a protected area of the Mesoamerican Biological ...
El Siglo ("The Century") is a Spanish language daily newspaper published in Panama. It was founded on 9 January 1985 and as of 2010 had the largest circulation of any Panamanian newspaper. [ 2 ]
4 May – Panama bans First Quantum Minerals from extracting copper following the closure of its Cobre Panamá mine in 2023. [3] 5 May – 2024 Panamanian general election. [4] José Raúl Mulino is elected as President. [5] [6] 7 June – One person is killed in a gun attack on a campus of the University of Panama in Veraguas Province. [7]
In July 2022, protests broke out in Panama. They were reportedly triggered by rising inflation, corruption, and a cost of living crisis. [4] The economy has suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russo-Ukrainian War. [5] On 18 July, Panama City saw the country's largest protest. [6]
Noticiero Univision (Spanish for 'Univision News'; Spanish pronunciation: [notiˈsjeɾo wniβiˈsjon]) is the flagship daily evening television news program of Noticias Univision, the news division of the American Spanish language broadcast television network Univision.
Current main offices and studios are located in Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro, Panama City, Panama, better known as Tumba Muerto, sharing installations with FETV (Panama), and sister channel TVMax. [4] TVN was formerly located alongside the Vía Transistmica, and had a studio alongside Avenida Balboa called Teatro ASSA.
Panama's official broadcaster is National Television of Panama, which was founded in 1961. NTP started Panama's first color television service in 1972. Freedom of the press is guaranteed in Panama, as is the case in most other countries in the Western Hemisphere. However, reports of harassment and violence against journalists and media outlets ...
On November 3 the country celebrated its separation from Colombia in 1903. Panama became a part of the Great Colombia after receiving its independence from Spain on November 28, 1821. The United States helped in this separation process as they had a vested interest in building the Panama Canal.