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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Rhode Island National Guard medical team meets with Panamanian doctors |
| Author/Source: | Spc. Michael Iacona U.S. Army South |
| Brief: | Members of the Rhode Island National Guard Medical Detachment met with Dr. Tristan Pinzon, medical director of Hospital Colon, in support of Beyond the Horizon-Panama 2013. |
Friday, April 26, 2013
| Location: | Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Category: | Human Trafficking, Public Security |
| Title: | Desarticulan banda que traficaba personas |
| Author/Source: | Alonso Mejia El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) |
| Brief: | Se desconoce a cuantas personas introdujeron al pais, pero serian mas de 30, segun las primeras pesquisas. Esa cantidad puede ir aumentando conforme avancen las investigaciones. |
Thursday, April 25, 2013
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Task Force Panama personnel train alongside security forces in Panama |
| Author/Source: | Maj. John Parks U.S. Army South |
| Brief: | The training, an impromptu idea of Capt. James Balutowski, was the first time most of the SENAN personnel had been exposed to individual or vehicle searches. |
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Army Reserve engineers put safety first in Panama exercise |
| Author/Source: | Sergeant 1st Class Walter Van Ochten U.S. Army South |
| Brief: | "Safety is the number one thing for this task force," said Lt. Col. Malcolm Walker, task force commander for Beyond the Horizon-2013-Panama, to the newly-arrived service members here April 1. |
Friday, April 19, 2013
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Army South marks official start to Beyond the Horizon-Panama |
| Author/Source: | Robert R. Ramon U.S. Army South |
| Brief: | "By working together, our service members will gain valuable experiences from Panama's civilian and security experts, ensuring that our forces are able to rapidly respond to support future emergency humanitarian and civic relief efforts." |
Thursday, April 18, 2013
| Location: | Central America Regional, Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Central American security leaders target transnational organized crime |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Defense and security leaders from 13 Western Hemisphere nations met in Panama City April 17-18 to discuss the region's security and evaluate the strategies and mechanisms supporting it. |
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Army South's BTH Panama kicks off 3-day MEDRETE |
| Author/Source: | Robert R. Ramon U.S. Army South |
| Brief: | The MEDRETE will provide humanitarian, medical, dental and veterinarian services to thousands of Panamanian citizens in the area. |
Monday, April 15, 2013
| Location: | Belize, El Salvador, Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Beyond the Horizon / New Horizons 2013 |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | From April through June 2013, U.S. military personnel will be in Belize, El Salvador, and Panama to conduct comprehensive humanitarian civic assistance exercises. |
Thursday, April 11, 2013
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Service members experience many firsts during Beyond the Horizon 2013 in Panama |
| Author/Source: | Sgt. Jeff Daniel U.S. Army South |
| Brief: | As the line forms and grows longer, there is something noticeably different with many of the personnel; they are young, and they have never been out of the country before. |
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | 'Redhorse' mission kicks off in Panama for Beyond the Horizon 2013 |
| Author/Source: | Sgt. Jeff Daniel U.S. Army South |
| Brief: | Schools and health centers in Escobal and Achoite are the sites for the construction projects here. BTH-Panama runs from March through June |
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
| Location: | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama |
| Category: | Elections, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Presidential elections in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama |
| Author/Source: | Mike Allison Central American Politics |
| Brief: | 2014 is going to be pretty exciting in Central America with El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama each holding a presidential election |
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S., Panama exercise interoperability, deliver medical assistance, JTF-Bravo, 1-228th Aviation support |
| Author/Source: | Capt. Rebecca Heyse United States Army South |
| Brief: | The MEDRETE offered medical assistance in general medicine and dentistry while providing the Panama Ministry of Health the opportunity to dispense vaccinations |
Thursday, February 28, 2013
| Location: | Guatemala, Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | SOUTHCOM commander visits Panama, Guatemala |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Recent focus areas for SOUTHCOM's engagement with Guatemala include joint operations and planning, maritime security, information sharing, human rights, communications, logistics, and peacekeeping. |
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
| Location: | Guatemala, Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Commander of U.S. Southern Command Visits Panama |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Embassy Panama |
| Brief: | The United States and Panama enjoy strong security ties. The U.S. Southern Command works closely with Panamanian security forces on several areas of mutual interest. |
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Colombia Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Alias "Pichi" ya esta en Colombia |
| Author/Source: | El Colombiano (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El Gobierno de Panama deporto en la noche de este lunes a Édison Rodolfo Rojas, alias "Pichi", senalado de ser uno de los jefes de la banda "la Oficina" |
Monday, February 11, 2013
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Colombia Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Narcotrafficking, Public Security |
| Title: | 'Colombian drug lord' alias Pichi arrested in Panama |
| Author/Source: | BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | He is accused of leading a drug gang known as The Office and is suspected of ordering the murder of nine people in the city of Medellin last December |
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Colombia Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Narcotrafficking, Public Security |
| Title: | La Policia dice que "Pichi" es cerebro de la violencia en Medellin |
| Author/Source: | Nelson Matta Colorado El Colombiano (Colombia) |
| Brief: | En su informe preliminar sobre el arresto en Panama, la Policia Nacional informo que "Pichi" seria "cabecilla de 'la Oficina', autor intelectual de la muerte de los dos policias antinarcoticos y cerebro de la actual situacion de violencia e |
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Colombia Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Narcotrafficking, Public Security |
| Title: | La caida del nuevo jefe de la 'oficina de Envigado' en Panama |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Con la captura de Edinson Rodolfo Rojas, 'Pichi', este domingo en Panama, ya son cinco los jefes de la 'oficina de Envigado' capturados cuando intentaban asumir el liderazgo de esa organizacion criminal |
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Roosevelt's Panama Canal and Taxes |
| Author/Source: | Ted Poe (R-TX) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | Panama benefits from this widening and deepening of the canal, but so will the United States. The recent implementation of the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement approved by Congress, along with this $5.25 billion canal expansion project, ensures that free |
Friday, January 18, 2013
| Location: | Panama, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, International Community, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Panama disavows OAS ambassador's statements on Venezuela |
| Author/Source: | El Universal (Venezuela) |
| Brief: | Cochez and Venezuelan Ambassador to OAS, Roy Chaderton, clashed on Wednesday at the OAS on the political situation in Venezuela |
Thursday, January 17, 2013
| Location: | Panama, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, International Community, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Situacion en Venezuela agita la OEA |
| Author/Source: | AFP El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) |
| Brief: | Diplomatico panameno fustigo a Insulza por avalar la decision del Tribunal Supremo que a su juicio equivale a "convalidar una serie de eventos sin ningun fundamento legal o etico" |
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
| Location: | Bahamas, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela |
| Category: | Economy And Security |
| Title: | Putting Our Nation's Fiscal House in Order |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | The Caribbean Banking Centers, who now own $240.4 billion of U.S. debt. By the way, the Caribbean Banking Centers are the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and Panama. This is who owns us. |
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Drug Policy, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S. law targeting drug smugglers in foreign waters is deemed illegal |
| Author/Source: | Jay Weaver The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | An appeals court ruled that a 1986 law used to convict four suspected drug smugglers arrested in Panama waters is illegal. |
Thursday, November 29, 2012
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Colombia's Urabenos Expand Presence in Panama |
| Author/Source: | James Bargent InSight |
| Brief: | Colombia's neo-paramilitary Urabenos are strengthening their presence across the border in Panama, expanding their influence over a key drug shipment route with easy access to money laundering networks. |
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security |
| Title: | 'Los Urabenos' trasladan sus negocios a Panama |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El traslado a Centroamerica, de acuerdo con la Policia, corresponde a la estrategia de la banda criminal de seguir expandiendo sus contactos en el negocio del trafico de cocaina. |
Sunday, November 25, 2012
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Remarks from Ambassador Farrar during APEDE monthly Meeting |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Embassy Panama |
| Brief: | We are committed to working with Panama on the educational challenges of tomorrow. We want to create greater opportunity for Panamanians to study in the United States and for American students to study in Panama. |
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | USS Carr Assists Panamanian Vessel in Distress |
| Author/Source: | Ensign Joshua Stewart USS Carr Public Affairs U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | The guided missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) assisted a Panamanian fishing vessel in distress while operating in the Eastern Pacific Nov. 7. |
Thursday, November 1, 2012
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Panama's Independence Day |
| Author/Source: | Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to send best wishes to the people of Panama as you celebrate 109 years of independence this November 3. |
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) Enters Into Force |
| Author/Source: | Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department Of State U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Today, the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) enters into force, marking an historic milestone and bringing us closer to our goal of an unbroken network of free trade agreements in the Western Hemisphere. |
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Panama repeals land sale plan after protests |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press |
| Brief: | Panama's government has repealed a measure to sell state-owned land in a duty-free zone along the Panama Canal following a week of sometimes violent protests. |
Thursday, October 25, 2012
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Politics And Security, Public Protest |
| Title: | Panama must account for protest deaths in Colon |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | The deaths of three residents of the northern port city of Colon in recent protests against government plans to sell off state-owned land must be thoroughly investigated by the Panamanian authorities, Amnesty International said today. |
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Se mantiene estancando conflicto en la panamena Colon y la ONU pide dialogo |
| Author/Source: | EFE Terra |
| Brief: | El Gobierno panameno y los gremios de Colon siguieron hoy sin poder sentarse a negociar una salida al conflicto que afecta a esa ciudad portuaria a causa de una polemica ley que permite privatizar su Zona Libre. |
Thursday, October 18, 2012
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Europes Role |
| Title: | Panama wants to adopt euro currency alongside dollar |
| Author/Source: | Reuters MSNBC |
| Brief: | Fastest-growing economy in Latin America wants to legalize currency from 6,000 miles away. |
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region, Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Pages: PANAMAX-2012 |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Simulated training for PANAMAX 2012 will be held at locations throughout the United States, including Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; Miami; and Naval Station Mayport, Fla. |
| Location: | Entire Region, Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Pages: Annual PANAMAX Military Exercise Kicks Off in Florida |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | The main focus of PANAMAX is to exercise a variety of responses, in coordination with the governments of Panama and Colombia, in order to protect and guarantee safe passage of commercial traffic through the Panama Canal. |
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Military Exercises, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | USS Underwood Sailors Help with Panama Community Engagement |
| Author/Source: | Frank J. Pikul U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Twenty-two Sailors went to the Estado de Minesota School to paint classrooms and entertain the students. |