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At last! Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva Durán apologizes to Panama for calling it a department

Judith Pena | April 29, 2023 Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva Durán addressed a letter to Panamanian Foreign Minister Janaina Tewaney de Mencomo to apologize for calling Panama a “department” Leyva Durán’s

April 29, 2023

Panama

Clandestine laboratory dismantled in El Cangrejo

Judith Pena | April 29, 2023 The Ministry of Health, through the National Directorates of Pharmacy and Drugs and Food Control and Veterinary Surveillance, participated in the procedure to verify the activity

April 29, 2023

Panama

From April 29 to May 12 Panama and the US will carry out humanitarian exercises in the Ngäbe Buglé and Darién region

The Government of Panama, through the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of the Interior, with the cooperation of Task Force Bravo of the United States Southern Command, will develop the

April 29, 2023

Panama

Ukraine destroys fuel depot in Sevastopol, Russia after drone attack

Judith Pena | April 29, 2023 A drone strike caused the explosion of a large fuel depot in Sevastopol, a port city on the Crimean peninsula, Russia. As reported by the city’s

April 29, 2023

Panama

Monsignor Silvio Báez: "The wounds of the people are not forever"

Monsignor Silvio Báez, the voice of the Catholic Church from exile

The auxiliary bishop of Managua, Monsignor Silvio José Báez, has become the prophetic voice of the Nicaraguan Catholic Church in exile and of the community abroad. This April 28 he is turning

April 29, 2023

Nicaragua

Procession and vigil canceled for the apparitions of the Virgin of Cuapa

The Virgen María de Cuapa Diocesan Sanctuary, of the Diocese of Juigalpa, published an “important notice” on its Facebook account announcing the cancellation of a vigil and procession that would be held

April 29, 2023

Nicaragua

Nicaragua: They Denounce Torture and Sexual Violence Against Opponents

MEXICO CITY – At least 158 people detained in Nicaragua since the social protests of 2018 suffered torture and 113 of them were victims of sexual violence by prison officers and high-ranking

April 29, 2023

Nicaragua

Orteguismo uses “violent and dehumanizing” practices to torture political prisoners

The 8th report of the Nicaraguan Observatory against Torture of the Human Rights Collective Nicaragua Nunca Más indicates that in the country’s prisons political prisoners are subjected to “an extremely violent, dehumanizing,

April 28, 2023

Nicaragua

Ambulance that was stolen in Veraguas is returned to the Calobre health center

Today the Toyota Land Cruiser ambulance with license plate G08840, assigned to the Calobre Health Center, an area of difficult access in this region, returned to the province of Veraguas, which was

April 28, 2023

Panama

Nicaragua: 70 indigenous people have died at the hands of settlers

Organizations that defend the rights of indigenous peoples estimate that around 70 indigenous Miskitos and Mayangnas from the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua have been killed by settlers in the last decade. They

April 28, 2023

Nicaragua

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