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The first attempts to create a banking institution in Panama date back to the time when the country was part of Gran Colombia; in 1826 the "Revenga Project" was created, which attempted to establish a national bank for Gran Colombia that would have its headquarters in Bogotá and three other branches located in Caracas, Guayaquil and Panama City; however, the project was never completed and ...
It is the leader union within Coordinadora de Unidad Sindical (CONUSI), the most radical of the major union federations in Panama. [ 1 ] Led by Genaro López , SUNTRACS has initiated three general strikes in the past few years, and has been the instrumental force within FRENADESO, the national coalition to prevent the privatization of Panama's ...
The Confederation of Workers of the Republic of Panama (Spanish: Confederación de Trabajadores de la República de Panamá, CTRP) is a national trade union center located in Panama. It has a claimed membership of 35,000 and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation .
The rank of the U.S. chief of mission to Panama was originally Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, but it was upgraded to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1939. Normal diplomatic relations between the United States and Panama have been interrupted only once, from January 10 to April 3, 1964, in the aftermath of the ...
Ft. Sherman, Panama in 1986. Fort Sherman is a former United States Army base in Panama, located on Toro Point at the Caribbean (northern) end of the Panama Canal, on the western bank of the Canal directly opposite Colón (which is on the eastern bank).
The Panamanian Athletics Federation (FEPAT; Federación Panameña de Atletismo) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Panama. Current president is Mario Quintero who was elected in February 2019 for the period 2019–2022.
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).
It was the first school in Panama to offer higher education courses on its premises. Established by law on June 1, 1907, by Panama's president Manuel Amador Guerrero , it opened on April 25, 1909, in the facilities of the current Manuel José Hurtado School while construction of its own building was in progress.