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Bill 764, which creates the Autonomous University of Indigenous Peoples, is approved in the third debate

The plenary session of the National Assembly approved this Thursday the bill 764 that creates the Autonomous University of Indigenous Peoples. This proposal, which is an initiative of the Executive Branch, allows

March 3, 2022

Panama

Ryan Berg: Putin wants to annex Ukraine, but ‘blitzkrieg’ failed

An eventual military victory of the Red Army in its invasion of Ukraine will affect the influence that Moscow may have in Latin America, warned Ryan Berg, a researcher with the Americas

March 3, 2022

Nicaragua

The pope will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan in July

Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan in July, a trip that he had to postpone several times due to the violence that plagues these African

March 3, 2022

Panama

Today begins political trial against Cristiana Chamorro and four defendants from the FVBCh

Judge Luden Martín Quiroz, of the Ninth Criminal District Court, begins this Thursday, March 3, in the Chipote prison, the process against former presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro Barrios, her brother Pedro Joaquín,

March 3, 2022

Nicaragua

Health authorities reiterate that the sale of electronic cigarettes is prohibited

Panama remains one of the countries in the region that constantly continues the fight against tobacco consumption, focused mainly on the implementation of the Framework Convention of the World Health Organization (WHO)

March 3, 2022

Panama

“They send the inspectors to fine, and if they come with little, they send them to fine more”

The officials of the General Directorate of Revenue (DGI), in charge of applying the government policy of economic blackmail against companieshave shown that, for them, size does matter. As of 2019, the

March 3, 2022

Nicaragua

Doctor Mario Rodríguez: “Almost 65% of children are missing to be vaccinated”

He reiterated that the Social Security Fund (CSS), the Minsa and private facilities are providing all the facilities so that mothers can take their children to be vaccinated. Dr.

March 3, 2022

Panama

The Public Ministry begins an investigation into the case of a woman who died after cosmetic surgery

The investigation arose on February 25, after the death of the woman at the Irma De Lourdes Tzanetatos hospital, on December 24, where she had been taken by her family.

March 3, 2022

Panama

If the contagion of Covid-19 decreases, in April it could be evaluated to eliminate the use of the mask in open areas

The days off due to the carnival festivities ended and the director of the Metropolitan Health Region, Israel Cedeño, provided a report on the operations carried out, reiterating that all the measures

March 3, 2022

Panama

Announcement of the first payment of 2022 of Conditional Monetary Transfer in areas of difficult access

A total of $55,978,770 million will be disbursed by the Ministry of Social Development (Mides), corresponding to the first payment of the year of the Conditional Monetary Transfer Programs (PTMC) for difficult

March 3, 2022

Panama

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