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Topsy-turvy: Panama launch of futuristic oceanfront home goes sideways
Developer Ocean Builders said in a statement that the sleek white home began to “destabilize” at the end of the launch event.
Panamaniacs: Stop on by the real gateway to Latin America
Panama is the new Costa Rica: A safe, luxe lodging destination in Central America spent best at Santa Maria.
This Panama paradise is heaven on earth for honeymooners
Isn’t this exactly what you’ve been dreaming about for the past few years? A private island, pristine and virtually unheard of, miles from anywhere and untouched by any trace of...
US, Mexico to hold talks as thousands of Haitians gather near border
In September, more than 30,000 Haitian illegal immigrants gathered at a squalid makeshift encampment near Del Rio, Texas, after crossing the border.
Panama government warns thousands more migrants coming for border
Panama's foreign minister warned Wednesday that up to 60,000 migrants, many of them of Haitian origin, are making their way through the Central American country toward the US-Mexico border.
Thousands more Haitian migrants heading to US border: report
Thousands of migrants, mostly Haitian, are making their way from South America to the US border, crossing the perilous Darien Gap in Panama, according to the Panamanian government.
Good friends and fresh blood: the social life of a vampire bat
Scientists on Thursday provided a deeper understanding of social relationships among vampire bats, showing how those that have forged bonds akin to "friendships" with others will rendezvous with these buddies...
Hundreds of migrants risk lives crossing Darien Gap on trek to US
A group of roughly 500 migrants are trekking through the dangerous jungles of the Darien Gap on their way to the US-Mexico border, according to the Associated Press.
Drug-runner's cat caught trying to sneak narcotics into Panama prison
It was far from the purr-fect crime. A drug-runner's fluffy white cat was caught trying to smuggle narcotics into a prison in Panama, authorities said. The feline felon was carrying...
Florida beachgoers form human chain to save swimmer
More than a dozen people on a Florida beach joined together to form a human chain and brave the rough Gulf tide to rescue a stranded swimmer. Briana Stelmachers and her family were lounging outside the...
US charges ex-Panama president's sons with bribery, money laundering
PANAMA CITY - US prosecutors have charged two sons of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli in connection with bribery and money laundering linked to Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, according to...
Men separated from women in strictest coronavirus lockdown yet
Panama has enacted a strict coronavirus lockdown based on gender -- with men and women only allowed in public on separate days. "Starting April 1, women will circulate Monday, Wednesday,...
Survivor recounts confused, chaotic cult rite that killed 7
SANTIAGO, Panama — A survivor of the cult ceremony that killed 7 people in a remote village in Panama says she was ordered to close her eyes, was beaten and...
12 inmates dead in shootout at Panama prison
PANAMA CITY — Twelve inmates were killed and about a dozen more were wounded in a gunfight Tuesday inside a prison in the capital, Panamanian authorities said. The shooting occurred...
New Zealand police find 418 pounds of cocaine in banana shipment
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — New Zealand police have made the country's largest cocaine seizure, with 418 pounds of the drug found in a container of bananas shipped from Panama. New...
More Americans are fleeing to cheap faraway places
From millennials to baby boomers, more Americans are ditching their jobs or retiring — and then fleeing overseas. A whopping 8.7 million Americans are living in other countries, based on...
Group of monkeys have entered their own Stone Age
A group of Panamanian monkeys may have entered their own Stone Age, scientists said. A population of white-face capuchin monkeys living on the Panamanian island of Jicarón have been observed...
Trump family lawyers wanted Panama president's help with hotel management deal
PANAMA CITY — Lawyers representing President Trump's family hotel business appealed to Panama's president for help days before an emergency arbitrator declined to reinstate the Trump management team to a...
Former Trump hotel pokes fun at president with cocktail menu
The owners of the formerly Trump-branded hotel in Panama have ripped his name from the building — but reminders of the president remain on the hotel bar’s new cocktail menu....
Ex-Panama president gets $1M bail in US but release on hold
MIAMI — A Miami federal judge agreed to release former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli on $1 million bail as he fights extradition to his home country, but immediately put a...