The Panama News blog links, November 24, 2015
Hellenic Shipping News, PanCanal wait time shortens to four days
JOC, Panama to learn in December whether canal opening stays on schedule
Forbes, The potential impact of the Panama Canal expansion on Union Pacific
ANP, Cámara del Comercio sobre el uso de fondos del canal
AFP, Key Nicaragua canal work due late in 2016
WBN, Jones wins heavyweight debut
Sports Illustrated, Rod Carew on his private life and his heart attack
Fahie, FIFA’s gamble
ANP, Copa Airlines ya cuenta con una flota de 100 aviones
Budapest Business Journal, Hungary bans Panama-based Goldstein Equitas
PR, $7 million US penalty for IHAG Zurich in part for Panama money laundering
Chiriquí Natural, Protestas ciudadanas contra hidroléctricas
The San Diego Union Tribune, Death penalty not sought in Bocas del Toro slaying
ComPlex, “Adorable drug kingpin’s” dad is a DEA agent in Panama
Las Vegas Sun, Vegas murder suspect busted in Panama
Levinthal, Liberal “dark money” group rails against “dark money”
Think Progress, Trump tweeted bogus murder stats from a neo-nazi
The Guardian, Pollard freed after 30 years but still a thorn in US-Israeli ties
Washington Post, Uncle Sam may pull passports over back taxes
QCostaRica, The business of moving Cuban migrants
EFE, Iglesia católica aboga por corredor humanitario para cubanos
BBC, More Mexican migrants leaving USA than arriving
Huffington Post, The Democrats who voted to block Syrian refugees
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Panama – Israel free trade pact
Video, The most brazen corporate power grab in American history
Dayen, “Free trade” trumps the environment in WTO ruling on tuna labels
Alaska Public Media, Costco won’t sell genetically engineered salmon “at this time”
Video, Scintillant Hummingbirds
Mongabay, Biologists may have a way to rid amphibian-killing fungus in the wild
EurekAlert!, Polarization vision gives fiddler crabs the edge in detecting rivals
STRI, A new field guide to tropical vines
Popular Mechanics, Army ants’ bridge building techniques
Deutsche Welle, A tour guide to a world changed by climate
Ecologist, Solar islands replace nuclear power in Japan
AFP, Audubon Panama: Climate change is affecting bird migration
AFP, Panama turtle eggs could “fry” from rising temperatures
Video, Flooding on the road into Boquete
Klein, What’s really at stake at the Paris climate conference
Martinez & Rooney, Focusing on Latin America is essential in 2016
Colombia Reports, Santos pardons 30 convicted FARC guerrillas
Sader, La derecha vuelve al gobierno en Argentina
EFE, Mujica teme por la “estabilidad institucional” de Argentina
Video, Laura Carlsen on Operation Condor
Simpson, Analizando el tema de ISIS
Parry, Tangled threads of US false narratives
Frankel, The Trouble with international policy coordination
Eyes on Trade, Initial analysis of key TPP chapters (PDF)
Yeldan, From G20 to Labor20
Video, Chombo pa’ la Tienda
TVN, Rubén Blades triunfa en los Latin Grammy
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