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"Panama". Provisional Census of Current Latin American Newspaper Holdings in UK Libraries . UK: Advisory Council on Latin American and Iberian Information Resources. 14 April 2011.
Weekly newspapers include the Critica Libre and La Cronica. All of these are published in Spanish, and are also based in Panama City. The media of Panama has been highly influenced by that of the United States, since the construction of the Panama Canal. Radio broadcasting in Panama began in 1922, and television broadcasting in 1956.
In 1967, a mobile unit was acquired, thus allowing the expansion of live events and shows seen on TVN, like El Show del Mediodía, La Lotería and horse races from the Presidente Remón horse track. In 1969, when the country was starting to use satellite TV technology, TVN was amongst the first to air the Apollo Moon landings.
One Dollar, The Price of Life (Spanish: One Dollar (el precio de la vida)) is a 2002 documentary film directed by Hector Herrera and Joan Cutrina. The film portrays a stark vision of the reality of life on the streets of Panama, focusing on the city of Colón. The film was shot in the months of September to November 1999, January to August 2000 ...
La Estrella de Panamá is the oldest daily newspaper in Panama. [1] The newspaper originally began in 1849 as a Spanish-language translation insert of an English daily, The Panama Star, which had been formed in 1849. [2] It has a circulation of approximately 8,000 print copies. [3]
La Prensa is a conservative [1] Panamanian newspaper founded in 1980. Established by I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr. during a period of military dictatorship, La Prensa built an international reputation as an independent nationalist voice, and has been described by some admirers as "Panama's leading opposition newspaper" [ 2 ] and its newspaper of ...
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 ]
The 1988 Panamanian coup attempt was a failed coup d'état in Panama, led by the country's police chief Colonel Leonidas Macias, which aimed to seize control of the central military headquarters. Allegedly instigated by the United States, the coup attempt led to widespread looting and protests in Panama City which were quelled by paramilitary ...