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The Panama News blog links and memes, December 6, 2024
The Panama News
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December 6, 2024
STILL trying to get back into my Facebook account, AND with weekend tasks of setting up a new camera and main production computer. And, and… Bear with me. Eric Mexico 1-1 Panama in international women’s friendly Salud: Anticonceptivos masculinos |...
Colombian president says his country must leave NATO due to its support of genocide in Gaza
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 17, 2025
Colombian president says his country must leave NATO due to its support of genocide in Gaza Bogota, July 17 (RHC)-- Colombian President Gustavo Petro says his country "must leave" NATO during the emergency conference on Gaza, which wrapped up on...
2 Undervalued Canadian Dividend Stocks to Buy Now and Hold for Years
The Motley Fool Canada
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July 17, 2025
Dividend stocks are an excellent source of stable passive income. These companies will return a portion of their profits to their shareholders regularly as dividends. Given their solid financials and consistent payouts, these companies are less...
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proposed by the Panamanian ambassador, drafted by a committee led by the US ambassador, passed on December 10, 1948
The Panama News
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December 11, 2024
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the...
Panama: Illegal immigration through Darien was halved in August
[your]NEWS
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August 17, 2024
The number of migrants and refugees who have crossed the dangerous Darien Gap jungle, the natural border between Colombia and Panama, has fallen by more than 50% during the month of August. During the first 15 days of August 2024, approximately...
Regional Meeting on Health Accounts: PAHO brings together experts, authorities, and professionals from 19 countries in the Americas to support health systems transformation
Pan American Health Organization
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December 5, 2024
Rio de Janeiro, December 5, 2024 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is hosting the Regional Meeting on Health Accounts, from December 4–6, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event brings together public health experts, authorities, and...
Panama Canal celebrates 110 years of operation
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 15, 2024
Historians say that after 10 years of construction and an investment of 380 million dollars, the inter-oceanic waterway was inaugurated on August 15, 1914, with the crossing of the steamship Ancon. More than 20,000 deaths, due to diseases and...
Panama Canal was a great feat 110 years ago
The Times
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On this day 110 years ago, the first ship officially passed through the Panama Canal, connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and cutting 8,000 miles off the shipping route around the notoriously stormy Cape Horn in South America. Building the...
Buddy Guy is back and part of a busy metro area music weekend
Daily Tribune - Michigan
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July 17, 2025
Two summers ago, Buddy Guy announced his Damn Right Farewell Tour, intending to bring an end to more than 60 years as a fixture on the road. The guitar-playing blues legend has not gone away, however, and the title of his forthcoming new album...
New travel warning as three diseases spread and one comes to UK
Bristol Post
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December 2, 2024
Travellers have been warned about three potentially deadly viruses after new cases saw the diseases spread to 17 countries - with cases in the UK. Marburg, Mpox and Oropouche continue to spread with the UK Health Security Agency reporting a fifth...
PANAMA celebrating for 13th “Golden Frog Festival”.,,,,,Very Cool. NOT “Red Frog Festival”,,,,,Very F—-D!
Panama Now Online
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August 13, 2024
This festival (started yesterday) thankfully does NOT include, STEALING, BRIBES, LIES, INTIMIDATION, and BULLSHIT. #stopJH https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama-prepares-for-the-thirteenth-golden-frog-festival Panama is preparing to celebrate...
Panama faces environmental and economic challenges after mine closure
Environmental Health News
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August 13, 2024
The closure of the Cobre Panamá mine, due to a legal ruling, leaves 130,000 tonnes of toxic copper concentrate posing environmental threats while stalling Panama’s economic growth. Jane Chambers reports for BBC News. In short: The Cobre Panamá...
U.S.A. shuts down Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico
DGR News
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July 9, 2025: Tuesday (July 8, 2025), Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) reported a new case of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Ixhuatlan de Madero, Veracruz in Mexico, which is approximately 160 miles...
Watch DAVID LEE ROTH Dancing And Singing Along To His Solo Band's Version Of VAN HALEN's 'Panama'
Blabbermouth - California
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December 1, 2024
David Lee Roth has shared a video of him singing along and dancing to his previously released solo version of the VAN HALEN classic "Panama". According to the Van Halen News Desk, the track, which was originally uploaded to Roth's YouTube channel...
Approximately 20 Thousand Panamanians Lack Legal Identity
Newsroom Panama
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November 29, 2024
In Panama, there are 24,636 children and adolescents whose births have not been registered with the competent authority, that is, they lack legal identity. A study conducted by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals that 2% of all...
Three Takeaways From the Third UN Ocean Conference
New Security Beat - Washington DC
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July 10, 2025
“There cannot be a healthy planet without a healthy ocean. It’s urgent business for us all,” said U.N. special envoy for the ocean, Peter Thomson, at last month’s UN Ocean Conference (UNOC). Hosted in Nice, France, the conference brought together...
Finlay’s imprint in Panama on Latin American Medicine Day
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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December 3, 2024
In the Plaza Francia, in the Casco Antiguo, in this capital city, a plaque commemorates the scientist, native of the central province of Camagüey, and recognizes his contribution to the construction of the Canal. “The discovery of the transmission...
Forum in Panama condemns US blockade against Cuba
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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November 27, 2024
In the forum, organized by the National Education Workers Union (SITEN), Cuban Ambassador to Panama, Victor Cairo, denounced the extraterritorial nature of Washington’s blockade, described as the most comprehensive, integral and prolonged system...
Brits sent urgent travel warning over 'eye bleeding' disease spreading in 17 countries
Daily Express
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November 27, 2024
Brits heading abroad have been sent an urgent travel warning over a horror 'eye bleeding' disease that has spread to more than 17 countries. Officials are spooked by rising cases of the Marburg virus which belongs to the Ebola family and is one of...
The King of Morocco in Paris with his children thanks Panama for its support for Moroccan territorial integrity
Atalayar
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November 26, 2024
The King of Morocco with his children in Paris The King of Morocco, Mohamed VI, from Paris where he is on a few days' rest with his children, has expressed his gratitude to the President of the Republic of Panama, José Raúl Mulino Quintero, for...