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...Panama’s bonds lost their investment grade rating from Fitch on Thursday, months after the country decided to close one of the world’s largest copper mines, which exacerbated fiscal pressures....
...“We’re at an important inflection point for Panama,” said Nicolas Jaquier, emerging markets fixed-income analyst at investment manager Ninety One....
...Panama’s next president will face multiple challenges as the country undergoes a slowdown after years as one of the most successful economies in the region....
...Panama said 500,000 migrants crossed last year, twice the number a year earlier, and almost four times the 130,000 who crossed in 2021....
...Panama’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a new contract given to a Canadian company to operate one of the world’s largest copper mines was unconstitutional, just weeks after its award sparked mass protests...
...“The Canadians take most of the riches and leave Panama in misery,” one post said....
...Presidential elections are due in Panama next year, with former president Ricardo Martinelli, who faces a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering, far ahead in the polls....
...Problems in the Suez also risk combining with shocks elsewhere. Across the world, the Panama Canal is suffering from low water levels linked to drought....
...The number of ships allowed to cross the Panama Canal daily will be slashed in the coming months as climate change increasingly rocks global trade....
...Panama had been on the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list for much of the last decade over its weak controls on money laundering....
...Panama will hold presidential elections in May, with former president Ricardo Martinelli leading the polls....
...First Quantum reached an agreement in March to extend its mining licence for 20 years after a heated dispute with the Panama government over tax payments....
...“The Panama Canal urges its customers to make reservations in order to transit as programmed.”...
...The Biden administration unwound sanctions last October in return for promises from Maduro’s government to move towards free and fair elections, an agreement which now lies in tatters....
...Mexico’s government is reviving a railway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean that had been in decline for more than a century, in a bold bid to steal container traffic away from the Panama...
...They’re up about 38 per cent in the first three months of this year, over last year....
...Peru’s authoritarian ex-president Alberto Fujimori was released from prison in Lima on Wednesday night, defying the wishes of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights....
...Consumer prices rose 3.5 per cent for the year to March, according to data released yesterday, which could imperil Biden’s re-election prospects [free to read]....
...Simultaneous disruption in the Panama and Suez canals, two vital corridors for global trade, is threatening global supply chains in the run-up to Christmas....
...Today, I explain why Ursula von der Leyen’s re-election campaign doesn’t really start until after the election, and our climate correspondent reports on a European green mission to China....
...Panama’s former president Ricardo Martinelli was sentenced to 10 years in prison for money laundering on Tuesday, throwing into question the popular politician’s bid to be re-elected next year....
...Vladimir Putin has basked in what he said was a record turnout by Russians for his re-election this weekend....
...So it’s not ideal and it seems like we’re not quite there yet....
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