News Panama Ngabe-Bugle: Panama judge calls two ex-presidents to trial in Odebrecht probe
A Panama judge on Tuesday called two former presidents, as well as a slate of other high-profile figures, to trial over money-laundering related to the Odebrecht bribery probe, a sweeping corruption investigation that has rippled across Latin America. The country's state attorney's office said in a tweet a judge had summoned 36 people to trial over money-laundering charges, a group which also includes six former ministers, former officials, businessmen and other individuals. Ricardo Martinelli, Panama's president from 2009 to 2014, has been summoned along with his sons Ricardo and Luis, who were in May sentenced to three years' prison by a U.S. court for helping launder millions of dollars in bribe payments made by Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.
News Panama Ngabe-Bugle: Panama sets December 14 deadline for First Quantum to ink mine contract
The government of Panama set on Monday a deadline for Canada’s First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) to ink a long-awaited contract that allows the company to keep running its flagship Cobre Panama ...
News Panama Ngabe-Bugle: 6 unique ways to experience the cuisine of Panama
Rooted in Indigenous traditions, Panama's epicurean heritage has many layers due to the arrival of Spanish colonists, enslaved peoples from Africa, Chinese railroad laborers and the French ...
News Panama Ngabe-Bugle: Cult killers sentenced to 50 years prison in Panama
The cult had operated for about three years in the Ngabe Bugle hamlet of El Terron on Panama's Caribbean coast, but villagers said it had changed after one member had a vision telling the lay ...
News Panama Ngabe-Bugle: Panama's indigenous people compete to preserve traditional way of life
In Panama, contestants compete in archery, spear throwing, log carrying, tug-of-war, running, swimming and canoeing in Ngabe-Bugle, the largest of Panama's five traditional Indigenous regions. Cesar ...
