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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]
Panama, [a] officially the Republic of Panama, [b] is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south.
The Panama Papers affect the image of Panama in an unfair manner and have come to light not as the result of an investigation, but of a hack, said Adolfo Linares, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama (Cciap). [157] The Colegio Nacional de Abogados de Panama (CNA) urged the government to sue. [158]
It was the first flag of Panama, from November 3, 1903 to 1904 Flag of Panama flying from a pole. The wife of Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla designed the first serious proposal for a Panamanian flag. [4] Bunau-Varilla's design was based on the flag of the United States, possibly on account of that country's hand in Panamanian independence.
The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometer (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama , and is a conduit for maritime trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Panama is divided into ten provinces (Spanish: provincias) and four provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish: comarcas indígenas, often shortened to comarcas). There are also two indigenous regions within provinces that are considered equivalent to a corregimiento (municipality).