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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US government announced charges Tuesday against four men it said laundered money and arranged tax avoidance schemes through the Panama firm at the center of the “Panama Papers” scandal. The four were affiliated with Mossack Fonseca, the law firm that helped thousands of clients around the world move money offshore to protect it from taxes. Named in the 11-count indictment were Ramses Owens, 50, Dirk Brauer, 54; Richard […]
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) — China’s President Xi Jinping and his Panamanian counterpart Juan Carlos Varela signed a string of cooperation agreements Monday as Beijing aims to extend its political and economic influence in Latin America. Xi arrived in the Central American country late Sunday, fresh from striking a 90-day truce deal in the trade war with US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Argentina. Xi and Varela signed a score of infrastructure, […]
PANAMA, Panama (AFP) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Thursday in Panama at the start of a tour of the Central American region that President Donald Trump blames for an “onslaught” of US-bound migrants. Pompeo, who will head to Mexico on Friday, had talks in Panama City with President Juan Carlos Varela and Foreign Minister Isabel Saint Malo, who is also vice-president. There were no statements after the meeting that lasted less than […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Friday recalled its envoys to three Latin American countries that recently switched diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China, saying it would hold consultations with the diplomats. The move comes after Washington accused Beijing last month of destabilizing cross-Strait relations and engaging in a campaign of “political interference” by poaching Taiwan’s allies in the western hemisphere. “The Department of State has called back the US Ambassador […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — Tensions between Colombia’s government and a hold-out rebel group, the ELN, rose Thursday when officials said three of the guerrillas were killed in the bombing of a camp in the northwest of the country. The offensive, part of wider crackdown ordered by President Juan Manuel Santos following a string of deadly attacks on police stations blamed on the ELN, was another blow to peace efforts with the group that have been […]
(Eagle News) — El embajador de Panamá en Filipinas, H.E. Rolando Guevara, visitó al templo Central de la Iglesia de Cristo en Quezon City el miércoles, y tuvo una audiencia con el Ministro Ejecutivo de la Iglesia, el hermano Eduardo V. Manalo, siendo el primer embajador de Latinoamérica en hacer la visita. El embajador dijo que estaba abrumado por la bienvenida tan cálida que recibió cuando llegó a Central, donde las personas agitaron banderitas de […]
(Eagle News) — Panama’s Ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Rolando Guevara Alvarado on Wednesday (July 5) visited Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Office in Quezon City, as he made a courtesy call to INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, becoming the first Latin American ambassador to visit the INC main office. The ambassador said he was “overwhelmed” with the warm welcome he received at the INC Central Office, where people waved flaglets of Panama […]
Panama’s Minister of Maritime Affairs Jorge Barakat and Panamanian ambassador to the Philippines Rolando Guevarra visit Eagle Broadcasting Corporation QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Minister for Maritime Affairs of Panama recently visited Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s main office in Quezon City to promote the 100th year anniversary of the Panama Ship registry this year, highlighting the commitment to safety of human life at sea, protection of the marine environment, and navigation of the […]
MIAMI, United States (Reuters) – Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, wanted by the Central American country on political espionage charges, will remain in United States custody until a June 20 bond hearing in a federal court in Miami, a judge ordered on Tuesday (June 13). Martinelli, accused of using public money to spy illegally on more than 150 political rivals during his 2009-2014 term as president, was arrested outside Miami late on Monday. He has […]
The establishment of China-Panama diplomatic ties has opened a new chapter of relations for both countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at a meeting with Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado, Panama’s vice president and foreign minister, in Beijing on Tuesday. “Both China and Panama agree that the one-China principle is the fundamental premise and the political basis on which the two countries can establish diplomatic ties and develop bilateral relations. We both agree that the […]
Panama’s former leader Manuel Noriega, ousted from power by United States troops in 1989, and who spent years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering, has died aged 83, authorities said. Noriega died Monday in Panama City’s Santo Tomas Hospital, where he had been recovering from surgery in March to remove a brain tumor, and from a subsequent operation to clean up cerebral bleeding. President Juan Carlos Varela wrote on Twitter that Noriega’s death “closed […]
Cites many common qualities of Panamanians and Filipinos (Eagle News) — “Filipinos are the best seafarers in the world.” This was according to Panamanian ambassador to the Philippines, Rolando Guevara Alvarado, when he visited the main office of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) in Quezon City recently. “Filipino seafarers are hard workers. They do adapt to the different scenarios. That is why they are preferred by ship owners,” Ambassador Guevara said. In fact, the Panamanian embassy […]
