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Protests continue in Panama with road and railways blockades, after protesters rejected president Laurentino Cortizo's concessions.
2022-07-16

Panama reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 50-year-old person who recently travelled from South Africa.
2021-12-20

Panama's Ministry of Health reports a total of 989 cases of COVID-19 in the country, of which 24 people have died.
2020-03-30

South Korea signs free trade agreements with the Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama to eliminate duties on about 95% of traded goods and services.
2018-02-21

Costa Rica declares a national emergency as Hurricane Otto prepares to make landfall after killing at least three people in Panama.
2016-11-24

The government of Panama announces that it is creating an "international panel" to help improve transparency in its offshore financial industry. The move follows the leak of millions of documents from law firm Mossack Fonseca, showing it helped some clients evade tax and avoid sanctions.
2016-04-7

A Panamanian registered ship sinks off the coast of South Korea, killing 9 sailors and leaving 2 others missing. Coast Guard officials rescue another 8 crew members.
2013-10-16

Archaeologists recover six cannons from the ships of Welsh privateer Henry Morgan off the coast of Panama.
2011-03-1

Somali forces from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland storm a hijacked Panamanian-flagged cargo ship, capturing the pirates and freeing the crew.
2010-06-3

The crew of the Libyan M-V "Rim" takes back the ship from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Another ship, the Panamanian M-V "QSM Dubai", is captured.
2010-06-2