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Pananama President Martinelli Names New Minister of the Presidency

Above: Panama President Ricardo Martinelli in 2011 (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli has appointed Foreign Minister Roberto Henriquez as the country’s new Minister of the Presidency. Henriquez replaces Demetrio “Jimmy” Papadimitriu, who had occupied […]

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Panama Fully Joins Central American Integration System, Signs EU Pact

Above: Panama President Ricardo Martinelli in Honduras (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama has fully joined the Central American Integration System, in a move the country hopes will improve its trade with the region. SICA is Central America’s […]

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Panama, Puerto Rico Talk Trade

Above: Panama President Ricardo Martinelli (centre) during the visit By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama offers several competitive advantages for Puerto Rico, and the two parties must strengthen bilateral trade ties, Panama President Ricardo Martinelli said during a trip to […]

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Panama Gets Firearms Marking Machine from Organization of American States

Above: Panama’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Guillermo Cochez (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama is the latest regional country to receive a firearms marking machine from the Organization of American States, as part of an […]


Panama Receives New Patrol Boats as Part of Agreement With Italy

Above: some of the new patrol boats donated by Italy By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama has received four new patrol boats donated to the country under an agreement between the governments of Panama and Italy. The new boats will […]


Panama Launching New Solar Project

Above: Hector Aparicio By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama’s government is launching a new solar panel project that could help provide power for 600 families in the Rodeo Viejo de Sona district in the Veraguas province. The project, which is […]

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Panama Receives Credentials From New US, Indonesian Ambassadors

Above: new US Ambassador to Panama Jonathan Farrar with President Ricardo Martinelli and Foreign Minister Francisco Alvarez de Soto (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff The new United States and Indonesian Ambassadors to Panama delivered their credentials to President […]


Panama's Caribbean Ties Grow Stronger

Above: Panama President Ricardo Martinelli By the Caribbean Journal staff With the expansion of the Panama Canal and an increasing number of foreign investment opportunities, Panama could be a major partner for the Caribbean, according to President Ricardo Martinelli. The […]


Panama President Martinelli Arrives in Trinidad for Investment Conference

Above: Martinelli upon his arrival to Port of Spain (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago for the Caribbean Investment Forum in Port of Spain, which begins Monday. Martinelli is […]

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Panama President to Visit Trinidad

Above: Panama and Trinidad’s leaders in Panama City last month (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli will visit Trinidad next week for the Caribbean Investment Forum. Martinelli hosted a visit by Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla […]


Panama's Martinelli Hosts Former Uruguay President Tabaré Vazquez

Above: Tabaré Vásquez and Ricardo Martinelli By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Uruguay President Tabaré Vázquez paid a visit Tuesday to President Ricardo Martinelli. Vazquez, who is in Panama to participate as a keynote speaker at a forum on Regional […]


Panama President Martinelli Holds Talks With Australian Delegation

Above: the delegation in Panama City By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli held talks Monday with Ambassador John McCarthy, the Special Envoy for Latin America of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. In what was characterized as “open […]