News: Panama

We have started to collect the most important news related to Panama in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Panama – overview

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• September 15th 2020 – May 4th 2019
• December 4th 2018 – June 13th 2017
• May 30th 2017 – July 20th 2016
• July 3rd 2016 – April 9th 2016
• April 8th 2016 – April 4th 2016
• April 4th 2016 – May 23rd 2015
• May 12th 2015 – January 29th 2015
• December 23rd 2014 – June 20th 2014
• June 4th 2014 – January 30th 2014
• January 27th 2014 – July 17th 2013
• July 17th 2013 – July 12th 2012
• July 6th 2012 – August 2nd 2011
• July 18th 2011 – June 28th 2010
• June 3rd 2010 – May 30th 2008
• January 31st 2008 – July 20th 2007
• November 14th 2006 – April 25th 2006

Panama: news

Sound and fury

Tuesday, May 30th 2017, 12:00
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

From Panama to Afghanistan, the US Army has repeatedly deployed a secret weapon: heavy rock music.
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Manuel Noriega, Panama ex-strongman, dies at 83

Tuesday, May 30th 2017, 11:18
related countries: United States

The former military ruler was ousted by a US invasion in 1989 and convicted of drug trafficking.
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Paradise in the Med

Thursday, May 25th 2017, 21:54

Malta has tried to shake off claims it is the "Panama of the EU" - but the EU is worried about its tax system.
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Panama Papers: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif survives corruption ruling

Thursday, April 20th 2017, 11:26

The Supreme Court rules there is insufficient evidence of corruption to remove PM Nawaz Sharif.
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Panama footballer murder: Four held over deadly shooting

Tuesday, April 18th 2017, 9:35

Panama international player Amílcar Henríquez was shot dead on Saturday in Nuevo Colón.
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Ex-Panama ruler General Noriega suffers brain haemorrhage

Wednesday, March 8th 2017, 2:19

Manuel Noriega, Panama's former military ruler, suffered a brain haemorrhage after an operation.
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Leader-in-waiting

Friday, February 17th 2017, 0:02

Maryam Sharif is tipped to follow her father into politics but could the Panama leaks derail her?
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Jailed Panama dictator moved to house arrest for brain surgery

Monday, January 23rd 2017, 21:50

Manuel Noriega, 82, needs to have a benign tumour removed and has been granted house arrest.
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Panama Papers

Monday, December 26th 2016, 1:44

The BBC speaks to the journalists behind the Panama Papers about what they thought it had changed.
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Tropical Storm Otto kills four in Panama

Tuesday, November 22nd 2016, 17:35

Four people are killed in Panama by severe weather caused by Tropical Storm Otto.
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Panama Papers: Denmark to buy leaked data

Wednesday, September 7th 2016, 16:48
related countries: Denmark

The Danish tax minister announces plans to buy data leaked from the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal, in order to battle tax evasion.
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Panama Papers: Pieth says officials are in denial as he quits

Saturday, August 6th 2016, 16:03
related countries: Switzerland

Swiss anti-corruption expert Mark Pieth tells the BBC he quit a commission investigating Panama's financial system because of government interference.
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Panama Papers: Joseph Stiglitz quits as government adviser

Friday, August 5th 2016, 22:53

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz quits an advisory panel to Panama's government set up after the Panama Papers scandal.
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Ship hits wall of Panama Canal renewing design concerns

Tuesday, July 26th 2016, 0:25
related countries: China

A Chinese container ship hits a wall of the recently-widened Panama Canal, amid concerns that the new canal has less space for manoeuvres and could be unsafe.
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Panama launches investigation into 1989 US invasion

Wednesday, July 20th 2016, 23:50
related countries: United States

Panama creates an independent commission to determine how many people died during the US invasion in 1989, and to identify them.
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