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President Cortizo explains to representatives of the World Bank the expectations he has regarding the economic reactivation

During a peaceful meeting between representatives of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank together with the President of the Republic Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, the Panamanian president explained the expectations

May 10, 2022

Panama

Minsa continues to drop in cases of COVID-19: 40 new positives in a week

According to the most recent report from the Ministry of Health (Minsa) of Nicaragua, between May 3 and 10, 40 Nicaraguans have tested positive for COVID-19, down two compared to last week.

May 10, 2022

Nicaragua

Second day of strike in Colón and clashes between protesters and riot police

The second day of the strike in Colón began peacefully on Tuesday, but minutes later it ended in clashes between protesters and National Police crowd control units. The police prevented the closure

May 10, 2022

Panama

The US resorts to “economic and diplomatic” measures to continue pressuring Nicaragua

Miami, USA — The United States continues “deeply concerned about the authoritarian path” of Nicaragua, whose scenario has worsened after the general elections in November. Washington insists that these elections did not

May 10, 2022

Nicaragua

Truckers closed the Cinquantenario road in rejection of the fuel increase

A number of dump truck drivers closed the Cinquantenario-San Francisco road on Tuesday morning, generating heavy traffic in the sector. The measure is due to the permanent increase in fuel prices and

May 10, 2022

Panama

IACHR grants precautionary measures to political prisoner Yoel Sandino Ibarra

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures in favor of political prisoner Yoel Sandino Ibarra, after considering that he is in “a serious and urgent situation of risk of

May 10, 2022

Nicaragua

They seize more than 100 packages with alleged drugs in a port in Colón

The packages were sealed with clear plastic, hidden in the cooling fans of both containers destined for the ports of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Port of Dublin in Ireland.

May 10, 2022

Panama

Summit of the Americas: “There is a consensus that Nicaragua is more of a concern than Cuba and Venezuela”

michael shiftersenior member and former president of the Inter-American Dialogue (DI), one of the main think tanks in the United States on Latin America, where he served for thirty years, is concerned

May 10, 2022

Nicaragua

Celia Moreno: ‘Civil society has to take measures to react to the State’s inaction towards women’

Moreno pointed out that if we don’t have public policies or a state that supports us, “we have to do something. I advise girls to carry their key chains with

May 10, 2022

Panama

The crisis of the dictatorship and the “new arrangement” with capital

A political tactic has to be sought from an analysis of the situation, otherwise it is not a tactic, it is a permanent strategy. Studying the correlation of forces requires political lucidity.

May 10, 2022

Nicaragua

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