
Panama’s oldest newspaper prepares to write its own obituary
Owner of ‘La Estrella’ is accused by US authorities of having links to drug trafficking

Owner of ‘La Estrella’ is accused by US authorities of having links to drug trafficking

The Rosenthals own a large business conglomerate and have important political ties

Corruption scandals have spawned a spring of discontent in Central America

The rum-running boat belonging to the late Chicago mafia boss has been re-purposed

Heliodoro Portugal’s body was found in 1999 following his disappearance 29 years earlier

Ricardo Martinelli accused of misappropriating $45m from a school nutrition program

International consortium led by Spain’s Sacyr had halted work after dispute over cost overruns

Deliberate misinformation by traffickers has seen a surge in young unaccompanied migrants

More than 500,000 jobs could be lost in coming years if plague is not contained, says USAID

New leader Juan Carlos Varela will seek to redress government’s authoritarian drift

One couple offered $20,000 to donate a kidney for a transplant in Israel, statement claims

Spanish led consortium will complete work to widen waterway by December 2015 Agreement will see both sides inject $100 million, with insurer converting deposit into loan
Sacyr-led consortium and local authority still have to come up with solution to financial conflict
"A swift conclusion to the widening is important for commercial activity," says spokesman
Spanish builder insists problem is one of liquidity and offers to co-finance cost overruns

Spanish firm demands waterway authority fork over $50 million to cover workers’ salaries

Spaniards and Italians made up majority of European workers in waterway’s construction 100 years ago

Panama Canal chief accuses Sacyr of bullying government with threats to stop project
Waterway authority offers to advance 183 million dollars

Project will be completed as scheduled, officials tell world ports authorities

Spanish builder will not freeze project to widen waterway
Ana Pastor to meet with Panamanian president

Public Works Minister Ana Pastor is in talks with Panama's minister for canal affairs

"National sovereignty is non-negotiable; it must be defended," said leader of the group

Business in the Colon Free Zone in Panama to shrink by 10 percent this year

Leonardo Patterson started selling fake indigenous art from a Costa Rican restaurant He ended up exhibiting in New York with Yoko Ono, until the law caught up with him

The Pentagon agreed to clean up a Panamanian island in the Pacific Ocean that American, Canadian and British troops used as a toxic waste dumping site during the 20th century