Panama President-Elect Jose Raul Mulino is doubling down on his promise to address the migration problem in the Americas and says he wants the US to help.
A rare school shooting has happened in Panama, particularly at a rural campus belonging to the University of Panama on Friday. Students doing field work were the ones attacked.
Panama had found its next president, and he is last-minute replacement candidate Jose Raul Mulino, a staunch ally of convicted former president Ricardo Martinelli.
Voters have now casted their ballots as polling centers now officially close throughout Panama for the election that will decide the Central American country's next president.
The row between Central American countries Panama and Nicaragua continues as former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli continues his asylum inside the Nicaraguan embassy.
Tempers flared in the Darien region of Panama, as a group of migrants brawled, resulting in the destruction of several pieces of property, including a migrant shelter.
Panama authorities have pulled several bodies of drowned migrants off the Caribbean Coast after the boat transporting them to avoid going through the perilous Darien Gap capsized.
Nicaragua's government announced on Wednesday the granting of asylum to Panama's former President Ricardo Martinelli, who sought protection at Nicaragua's embassy in Panama City while facing a substantial prison sentence in his home country.
Panama is one of the most popular tourism destinations in Central America, with tons of places to visit while on vacation. From lush tropical beaches to rainforest adventures to exotic food trips, Panama has lots to offer.
Panama requested Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals to suspend the Cobre Panama copper mine following a Supreme Court ruling declaring the mining contract unconstitutional.
Indigenous anti-mining protesters in Panama, who have caused significant road blockades, announced a temporary suspension of blockades for 12 hours on Monday as a gesture of goodwill to citizens impacted by the demonstrations.
Two separate banana shipments from South America were discovered to be hiding tons of cocaine in Europe. Banana shipments from Panama and Ecuador were found to have some cocaine hidden inside.
One of Panama's national soccer team members, who recently played against Lionel Messi and Argentina in an international friendly, Gilberto Hernandez, was shot and killed in Colon.