The Panama News blog links
a Panama-centric selection of other people’s work
una selección Panamá-céntrica de las obras de otras personas
Canal, Maritime & Transportation / Canal, Marítima & Transporte
Seatrade, Severe dry season sees fifth draft reduction for Panama Canal new locks
Splash, Bunge and Cargill seek lower PanCanal rates for grains
Seatrade, NYC Maritime Hackathon reveals frustrations of dealing with the industry’s data
Sports / Deportes
Felder, Baseball’s biggest problem isn’t pace of play – it’s teams tanking
La Estrella, Panamá duda de participar en Serie del Caribe de 2020 por elevados costos
Economy / Economía
La Estrella, SIECA advierte que desaceleración económica se mantendrá en 2019
NDTV, Tax take from Panama Papers exceeds $1.2 billion
Rogoff, Modern Monetary Nonsense
NBC, Student debt: what the politicians are saying
Stiglitz, Market concentration is threatening the US economy
Xinhua, IMF warns against market power concentration
Kramer, Regulations needed after cryptocurrency CEO takes passwords to his grave
Science & Technology / Ciencia & Tecnología
STRI, Microbes may fight the epidemic driving some frog species to extinction
Video, Romeo y Julieta: el primer encuentro de una pareja de ranas en peligro de extinción
BBC, Climate change: Energy companies’ ‘Magic bullet’ carbon solution
E360, 80 percent of new Arctic sea ice melts before leaving Russian coast
News / Noticias
Mongabay: Guna, Embera and Wounaan act to protect Darien forest from loggers
La Prensa, Los grandes donantes de los candidatos presidenciales
EFE: #NoALaReelección, la campaña que alborota a votantes y partidos políticos
WOLA, Attacks on ethnic leaders and human rights activists continue in Colombia
CLAE, Destituyó al ministro de Defensa y al comandante en jefe del Ejército uruguayo
Weiss, The Central American aid paradox
Opinion / Opiniones
Dayen, How to think about breaking up big tech
ALAI, Proposed WTO digital trade rules are contrary to development needs
Hightower, Supervillain economics
Remezcla, What activists think about Julián Castro’s immigration platform
The Baltimore Sun, Yulín: “It hurts being a colony”
Korn, Apagones: Venezuela sin electricidad, comunicaciones… ni ideas
Bigio, ¿Puede en Venezuela repetirse una invasión como la de Panamá?
Galindo, El control constitucional de los tratados internacionales
Yao, ¿Debate presidencial en Marte?
Sagel, Recuperando la autoestima
Culture / Cultura
Remezcla, Aventura is releasing new music for the first time in 10 years
George, Celebrating 100 years with Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Pocho.com, ¡Mira! These are the Pocho Ocho Most Mexican Countries
The Guardian, How Brexit will hurt British music
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