ARTICLES RELATING TO PANAMA

Rising sea forces islanders inland

2012-11-06 10:34

Every rainy season, the Guna people living on the Panamanian white sand archipelago of San Blas brace themselves for waves gushing into their huts.

Panamanian minister to visit SA

2012-04-14 16:00

Panama's deputy foreign affairs minister will be in South Africa for the first high-level visit from that country in 17 years, the department of international relations says.

Global climate deal goals shifted

2011-10-09 19:36

With just weeks to go before UN talks on climate change open in Durban, negotiators have shifted their goal from striking a historic deal to ensuring that the global system survives.

Noriega set to return to Panama

2011-08-03 19:17

Panama's former strongman Manuel Noriega will finally return home, and go straight to jail there, after more than two decades in foreign prisons.

Cross-dressing envoy angers Panama

2011-03-29 09:04

A Panamanian diplomat who donned a lace dress with a banana in his bustline for a carnival in Spain has offered to resign amid outrage at home.

Latin America reeling after deadly rains

2010-12-10 10:35

Heavy rains have left hundreds dead in Colombia, Venezuela and Panama, caused millions of dollars in damages and forced a temporary closure of the Panama Canal, say officials.

Heavy rains close Panama Canal

2010-12-09 09:47

The Panama Canal has been closed to ships for the first time in over two decades after heavy rains swelled nearby lakes flowing into the key transport route, say officials.

Ex-Panama leader faces charges

2010-04-27 15:52

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has appeared before a French magistrate to face charges of laundering drug money.

 

Fisherman sues cruise line for not helping

2012-05-14 07:45

A Panamanian man who watched his two companions die while surviving at sea for 28 days in their small disabled boat has sued a US cruise line because one of its ships failed to help.

Noriega now a prisoner in Panama

2011-12-12 12:39

More than two decades after the US forced him from power, has Manuel Noriega returned to Panama as a prisoner.

UN climate talks start in Panama

2011-10-01 18:33

Climate envoys from around the world have opened talks in Panama in a bid to help break the deadlock on key sticking points ahead of a closely watched year-end conference in Durban.

France to extradite Noriega

2011-06-22 18:50

Former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega will be extradited to Panama, says his daughter, quoting Noriega's lawyers.

WikiLeaks: Martinelli wanted to wiretap rivals

2010-12-26 12:00

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli tried to bully the US Drug Enforcement Administration to turn its wiretapping programme on political rivals, a cable released by WikiLeaks says.

Panama Canal reopens

2010-12-09 22:30

The Panama Canal has reopened, a day after after heavy rains forced its first closure in over two decades, officials say.

Noriega jailed for drug running

2010-07-07 15:31

A French court has convicted former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega of laundering drug money and sentenced him to seven years in jail - on top of the two decades he's already been there.

US plotted to kill me - Chavez

2009-06-03 13:22

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has charged he eluded a US plot to kill him - a move likely to pile new pressure on already uneasy ties.

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