The Panama News blog links
Xinhua, Chinese ship to be first to use new locks
Vessel Finder, Safety concerns over new Panama Canal locks
MarineLink, ACP dismisses ITF claims
COHA, Nicaragua Canal stuck in a quagmire
Railway Technology, Panama and Japan sign monorail finance deal
Video, Takashi Uchiyana vs. Jezreel Corrales
Fight News, Corrales gets hero’s welcome at Panama homecoming
Caribbean News Now!, FIFA’s Warner continues to fight US extradition efforts
Boeglin, La demanda contra Panamá ante el CIADI
FTSE News, Barclay’s pans First Quantum stock
La Estrella, Propondrán a Banconal como corresponsal en el EEUU
AFP, Comité internacional revisará sistema financiero de Panamá
Euronews, Panama’s finance minister faces French counterpart
Reuters, Varela and Merkel spoke by phone about transparency and taxes
El Espectador, Panamá y Colombia acuerdan intercambio de información tributaria
Razo, Cruz & Landa: Redirecting the Panama Papers
La Estrella, Shredded paper at Mossack Fonseca
Fang, Former tax lobbyists are writing US rules on tax dodging
STRATFOR, A Bright Future for Solar Power in the Middle East
E&N, El Niño golpea a casi 10 millones de personas en la región
Rivera, Las lluvias traen ríos de plástico hacía la bahia
Latin American Herald Tribune: Baru, the volcano that overlooks two seas
Carrera, The defense of seeds in Latin America
Fast Company Design, Mapping the world’s complex shipping routes
Diagana & White, Malaria’s deadly comeback
Discovery News, Bisexual bird commune found in Panama
Prensa Latina, Panama hosts indigenous parliament
AP, Two killed in Panama – Colombia border firefight
Caribbean News Now!, UN ‘deeply concerned’ at missed election deadline in Haiti
AI, Surge in killings by police sparks fear in favelas ahead of Rio Olympics
Sundaram: Panama, secrecy and tax havens
Dorado, El fortalecimiento del seudo-fascismo tropical de Uribe
Farthing, Little transparency or progress at UN drug session
Moisi, France’s next president
Fishman, Brazilian cybercrime bills threaten open Internet for 200 million people
Castro Soto: “In crisis, we find hope”
Human Rights Watch, Glimmer of hope for US military rape victims
Keller, The Return of the Desert God
BBC, Prince’s band The Revolution to reunite
Blades, A Puerto Rico
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