A bill in the Panamanian parliament just passed: tax evasion has been elevated to a criminal offense. With this step, Panama hopes to keep the country off the list of the uncooperative jurisdictions and maintain of the right side of the regulators. Only two days after that happened, The European Commission listed Panama in the…

It has been three years since the last serious discussion of opening Darien gap: the only thing that stands between road connection between Colombia and Panama. The idea is in the air again. (more…)