Government party in Panama donates medical supplies to Cuba
Government party in Panama donates medical supplies to Cuba
Panama, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) The ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) of Panama donated a batch of medical supplies to Cuba to contribute to the Covid-19 vaccination process in Cuba, diplomatic sources informed on Tuesday.
PRD Secretary General Pedro Miguel Gonzalez symbolically delivered a shipment of syringes to Cuban Ambassador to Panama Lydia Margarita Gonzalez and described it as a contribution of his political group to the health of the Cuban people.
Gonzalez recalled his visit to Cuba, where he met with the current First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, and other leaders, to strengthen ties with the political organizations of the neighboring nation.
China’s advance in Panama: An update
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The June 2017 recognition of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by the Panamanian government of Juan Carlos Varela set in motion an array of Chinese activities in Panama, as well as diplomatic changes in nearby El Salvador and the Dominican Republic all of which grabbed the attention and concern of Washington. The election of the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Party’s (PRD) Laurentino Cortizo in 2019 has since led to greater scrutiny of various projects involving China.
Panama’s economy was one of the hardest hit in the region by the COVID-19 pandemic, contracting by 17.9 percent in 2020, furthering its vulnerability to Chinese advances. For China, Panama’s position both as an international commercial and banking hub and a logistical choke point, due to its geographic positioning gives it strategic importance. At the same time, the new administration of President
Foreigners in Panama march against bill threatening their legal residence 2 minutes read
Panama City, Mar 10 (efe-epa).- Around 100 international residents of Panama City marched peacefully on Wednesday to protest the possibility that parliament will repeal a decree, leaving approximately 60,000 of them without legal residence in the Central American country.
“The repeal of decree 249 (of 2019) is obviously going to affect us. There are thousands and thousands of families that are going to be affected by this,” said Yamilé Pérez, a Venezuelan national who participated in the walk called by the Association of Naturalized Residents of Panama (Arena).
Deputy Zulay Rodríguez, of the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), presented on Aug. 10 the preliminary bill 075 to repeal executive decree 249 that establishes the procedure and requirements for permanent residence.
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OOOPS! Nito’s legislative caucus, having failed earlier to pass a law lowering the necessary test score to get a medical license, pushed buttons in the bureaucracy and set off an uproar. The president slapped THAT ONE down, so “wronged” deputies and defenders of the untenable took to the National Assembly floor to denounce the injustice of it all. It got the legislative website crew busy erasing public mention of the folly, putting this face to the public while they were fixing it. About the time the sun began to shine the next morning, it was back to the usual presentation. No matter. The public relations disaster is a done deal. From the wee hours of March 9 National Assembly presentation to the public.