The Panama News blog links, April 19, 2016
Seatrade Maritime News, PanCanal taking transit reservations for new locks
AFP, Nuevas restricciones de calado en el Canal
Naím, El Canal: una historia panameña
Reuters, Sacyr estima que van a recuperar un 42% de sus reclamaciones
China-US Focus, Nicaragua and Panama: a tale of two canals
Reuters, Panama says it will adopt international tax reporting standards
South China Morning Post, US Treasury boss Lew supports tax haven crackdown
ABC, Maltese PM wins no-confidence vote over Panama companies
Asbarez, Armenia’s chief bailiff resigns after Panama Papers revelations
McClatchy, Inside Panama Papers: multiple Clinton connections
The New York Times, Panama Papers reports are old news for Africans
London Economic, 300 Tories who blocked a Panama Papers probe
Gráfico, Las empresas de Ricardo Martinelli
El País, Rousseff’s future now in the hands of the Brazilian Senate
BBC, Ecuador quake toll at least 413
Caribbean News Now!, UN food relief for drought-stricken Haiti
Vargas Velásquez, Cumbre antidrogas: ¿continuidad con cambio?
Motherboard, The Hacking Team’s Latin American Empire
Derechos Digitales, Malware para la vigilancia (PDF)
E&N, Costa Rica tendrá su primer satélite
Science Alert, Russian researcher illegally shares millions of science papers
Prensa Latina, Many Panamanian kids are overweight
Mongabay, Demand for coffee threatens remaining intact tropical rainforests
STRI, African wars endanger world’s largest gorilla subspecies
Bernal, Un nuevo amanecer para Panamá
Video, Post-conflict transition for Afro-Colombian and Indigenous people in Choco
STRATFOR, A chance for change in Brazil’s scandal
BBC, Dilma says her conscience is clear
Boff, Un golpe parlamentario
D’Avila, How to save Brazil
The Intercept, Interview with the sole witness to the Berta Cáceres assassination
Achtenberg: After the referendum, what’s next for Bolivia’s left?
Weeks: The EU, TSCG and the Brexit referendum
Eyes on Trade, Audit of TPP tax cut claims shows cooked and misleading numbers
Schwartz, To shut down tax havens…
Bunch: Hillary, the Panama Papers, and the death of American kleptocracy
Daily Signal, Ukrainian politicians in trouble over corruption and Panama Papers
Video, Owning a motorcycle in Panama City
Vice, Rubén Blades recuerda a Gabo
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