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A series of protests began in Panama on 20 October 2023 following the immediate approval 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 ...
Panama has been an important mass media hub, because of its strategic location between North and South America. The largest newspapers in Panama are La Prensa, La Estrella, Panama America, Critica, and El Siglo, all of which are published in Panama City. Weekly newspapers include the Critica Libre and La Cronica.
"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.
7 June – One person is killed in a gun attack on a campus of the University of Panama in Veraguas Province. [7]29 June – A court acquits Jürgen Mossack, Ramón Fonseca and 26 other defendants of money laundering in relation to the Panama Papers scandal involving the Mossack Fonseca law firm, citing insufficient evidence.
The stations broadcast in the NTSC format and DVB-T for Panama City. In DVB-T format it was the only TV station in HD for most of the day and they also broadcast in a sub-channel two hours behind programming from the main channel(DVB-T only), being the first TV station to have this service.
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Panama 15 February – Gualaca bus crash: At least 39 illegal immigrants are killed in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, when their bus, intended to be driven to the United States, falls off a cliff.
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 ...