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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 ...
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]
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.
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.
This is a list of newspapers in Panama. Newspapers. Crítica - website; Día a Día - website; El Panameño; La Estrella de Panamá ...
General elections were held in Panama on 5 May 2024 to elect a new President of Panama, members of the National Assembly and local governments. [2] [3] Due to constitutional term limits, incumbent president Laurentino Cortizo was ineligible for a second consecutive term. [4]
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Panama from the colonial period to the modern era. Colonial era. Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604):