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Panama
Legal Decisions Could Both Harm and Help Caribbean Anti-Trafficking Efforts
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 | Rachel Glickhouse
Video: AQ & Efecto Naím analizan el proyecto de expansión del Canal de Panamá
Monday, November 19, 2012
El más reciente informe de Americas Quarterly & Efecto Naím analiza los costos y beneficios de la expansión del Canal de Panamá. ... Play Video
AQ and Efecto Naím to Air Joint Report on the Panama Canal Expansion
Friday, November 16, 2012
COA Welcomes Decision by United States, Panama, to Set Date for Entry into Force of Trade Promotion Agreement
Monday, October 22, 2012
Tourism in Panama: Seeing Exponential Growth
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 | David Gacs
In the past decade Panama has received a lot of interest as a tourist destination. This is in part due to travelers’ natural desire for new destinations, but also because the country—located next to tourist friendly Costa Rica and blessed with similar landscapes—woke up to the opportunities the sector had to offer and began incentivizing its growth.
Panama’s Economic Horizon
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 | David Gacs
Two panels at AS/COA’s 2012 Panama conference looked at Panama’s economic outlook. The first focused on the U.S. free trade agreement with Panama, signed into law by the U.S. Congress in October 2011. The two panelists, Panamanian Minister of Foreign Relations Roberto Henriquez and USTR Deputy Assistant for Central America and the Dominican Republic Leslie O’Connor, discussed the path ahead for the trade pact, which was stalled in the U.S.
Video: Panama Metro's Roberto Roy speaks to AS/COA Online
Friday, March 2, 2012
Executive Secretary of Panama Metro Roberto Roy spoke to AS/COA Online behind the scenes at AS/COA's March, 2012 Panama conference. The engineer discussed the phases the large infrastructure development will go through as well as the benefits it will bring to Panama City's residents. ... Play Video
Expanding the Panama Canal
Friday, March 2, 2012 | David Gacs
Video: Panama Canal Authority CEO speaks to AS/COA Online
Friday, March 2, 2012
Alberto Alemán Zubieta, head of the Panama Canal Authority, spoke to AS/COA Online after his presentation on the Canal's expansion at AS/COA's Panama City Conference in March 2012. ... Play Video
Video: Panama Tourism Agency's Salomón Shamah Speaks to AS/COA Online
Friday, March 2, 2012
The head of Panama's government tourism ministry Salomón Shamah discussed the development of the country's tourism sector at AS/COA's Panama City Conference in March, 2012. ... Play Video