Dec 17, 2024 · Panama is strategically important to U.S. commercial and security interests, given its central location in the Americas (linking North and South America), the Panama Canal, …

The Panama Canal corridor—including Panama City and Colón—enjoys relatively high per‐capita incomes thanks to concentrated economic activity in shipping, logistics, trade and tourism.

That afternoon President Bush author-ized implementation of the operational plan for a military intervention in Panama. Its objectives were “to safeguard the lives of Americans, to defend...

Strong political will in Panama is essential to achieving our goals and objectives. Panama will need to take strong measures to reverse unsettling trends, such as worsening corruption, …

Panama’s fiscal deficit widened to 7.4 percent of GDP in 2024 given weak revenues and overspending in first half of 2024. The new government curbed spending and settled arrears, …

Article III grantsto the United States“the rights to manage,operate, and maintainthe Panama Canal” and complementary installations, including the maintenance of the work force …

Panama is among the top 20 provenance economies in the world for all types of counterfeits (Table 1). The country has one of the highest scores on the General Trade-Related Index of …