The Panama News blog links, February 1, 2016
AJOT, Quijano on the canal expansion
ANP, Por cuarta vez se posterga fecha de inauguración para ampliación del canal
JOC, Delays and construction glitches to bust PanCanal expansion budget
TVN, Rechazan reclamo de GUPC a la ACP y reducen aspiraciones en otro
Hellenic Shipping News, New PanCanal tanker deck cooling rules
Splash 24/7, AMP investigates sinking of cargo vessel off Panama
The Straits Times, Chinpo fined $180K over illegal arms case
Hellenic Shipping News, Can Egypt dredge up support for the new Suez Canal?
Havana Times, Poll shows declining expectations on a Nicaragua Canal
Travel Weekly, Elegance and adventure on Northwest Passage cruise
JOC, US West Coast expects to hold market share despite PanCanal expansion
La Estrella: $1 millón, único pago de PPC en 18 años
Port Technology, Container trade rates to decline in 2016
Miami Herald, 2016 will see a bonanza of new cruise ships
BBC, Experts try to rescue stricken RP-flag freighter
Lloyd’s List, Panama raises ballast water rules concerns
Slowtwitch, Sanders and Haskins win Panama Ironman race
MLSoccer, Roberto Chen moving from Malaga to USA?
ABC, Ryan Armour wins Panama Claro golf tournament
WaterWorld, $50 million EIB loan to expand metro area sewage treatment
La Estrella, Lista de GAFI impactó el sector bancario del país
NASDAQ, Scotiabank buy Citi assets in Panama and Costa Rica
AFP, Mi Bus ya está en manos del estado panameño
ALAI, CELAC: regional financial actions in the face of the crisis
Ugarteche & Luna, The yuan’s conversion into an international reserve currency
AFP: Sí, así de sencillo es lavar dinero en EEUU
World Bank, Lower 2016 projections for 37 of 46 commodities
Latin American Herald Tribune, Panama’s corn fields dry up under blazing sun
Telemetro, Ríos secos y escasez de agua en Azuero
Undercurrent, Eastern Pacific tuna catches up
E&N, Energía eólica paliará efecto de ‘El Niño’ en Panamá
The New York Times, WHO declares Zika emergency
Xinhua, 42 Zika cases in Guna Yala
BBC, The imminent death of the Cavendish banana
STRI, Smithsonian botanist discovers new ground-flowering plant in Panama
Discovery News, Elusive bush dogs caught on camera in Panama
Mongabay, Half of China’s land vertebrates disappeared in 40 years
Foreign Policy, The espionage economy
The Guardian: Afghan military will need help ‘for years’, says US general
Tass, Panama ratifies mutual extradition treaty with Russia
TeleSur, Truth commission investigating 1989 invasion
Remezcla, Cinema Tropical awards for 2015
Catholic Culture, Panama’s bishops lament moral crisis
Gandásegui, La descomposición del sistema político panameño
Beluche, Reformas electorales: ni muy muy, ni tan tan
Bernal, Renovemos la esperanza
Blades, Will Smith’s Oscars boycott
Boff, The society of tiredness and dejection
Eyes on Trade, Actual text of TPP study vs press hype about it
Fischer, Welcome to the Twenty-First Century
Weisbrot, Haiti’s black votes don’t matter for Washington
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