After years of discussions and false starts, the Panama government is moving ahead with plans to build a cruise port on the fast-growing Amador Causeway. The Panama Maritime Authority has formally issued a tender to solicit proposals for the study,…
A well-established international finance operation focused on infrastructure deals is moving its headquarters to Panama City. The Inter-American Corporation for Infrastructure Financing (CIFI), which bills itself as “a leader non-bank financial institution dedicated to run projects in Latin America and…
In what may be a groundbreaking trip, a group of China business leaders visited Panama last week hoping to grow business connections between the two countries. More than 35 entrepreneurs from China participated in the trip, which was led by Zhang…
Economists and political analysts around the world are trying to determine what the future holds, now that real estate tycoon Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States. In Panama the discussion is particularly important—the U.S. is Panama’s…