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The Panama News blog links
NPR, A wider and deeper Panama Canal prepares to open its new locks
Hellenic Shipping News, PanCanal revenue decline predicted
ITF, Unions stick by their safety critique of the new locks
Mongabay, Study says Nicaragua Canal threatens endangered species
JOC: ACP ousts MIT (Motta) bid, narrows field for Diablo / Corozal port concession
USA Today, Panama-flag ghost tanker washes ashore with no crew
ITCM, New air service between Panama and Istanbul
Xinhua, Avión de Delta aterrizó en Panamá por amenaza de bomba
Goal.com, Panama names Copa America soccer squad
FIBA, Centrobasket tournament at Gimnasio Roberto Duran June 19-25
Financial Times, Panama bows to pressure on international financial data exchanges
Reuters, CitiValores cancela compra de bonos de Tocumen
El Espectador, ¿Qué tanto le importa a Colombia la economía panameña?
CNS, EU blacklist of tax havens coming within six months
AFP, Desempleo en Latinoamérica escalará hasta el 7 % en 2016
TVNZ, Australia’s prime minister named in Panama Papers link
TeleSur, Hillary donors caught up in new Panama Papers release
Reuters, Panama closes border with Colombia
WCEM, Mexico begins to balk about taking Cubans from Panama
La Estrella, Robinson lllama para diálogo adentro del PRD
TVN, Autoridades desmantelan célula del ‘Clan Úsuga’ en Chame
BBC, Colombia to hit drug gangs with air strikes
Chiriqui Natural, Visita solidaria al campamento de protesta contra Barro Blanco
SOA Watch, Four arrested for Berta Cáceres assassination
Tech Crunch, Brazil orders cell phone carriers to block WhatsApp
WOLA, Colombia returns to spraying glyphosate on coca
ABC, Doctors Without Borders pulls out of UN aid summit
The New York Times, Panama confirms Zika-related microcephaly cases
Scientific American, Vaccines put brakes on yellow fever outbreak
The Intercept, GPS tracker catches US recyclers exporting toxic e-waste
STRI, Cooperative fish take turns with gender roles
PLoS, Underground fungi detected from space
PR, Varela: “My country is not corrupt”
Blades, Una oportunidad
Fischer, Reinventing Europe
Snowden, Whistleblowing is not just leaking — it’s an act of political resistance
Süddeutsche Zeitung, John Doe’s manifesto
Greenwald, The spectacular pundit failure about Trump
The Guardian: Ilma Gore, whose nude painting of Trump went viral
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