The Latest Breaking News from Panama

Reports of lengthy shipping delays for vessels traveling through the Panama Canal this year have highlighted the critical but often overlooked role that fresh water plays across global supply chains. Drier than normal conditions in Panama, brought on by El Niño, have left the region drought-stricken and water levels in…

Panama's president has signed into law an indefinite moratorium on new mining concessions

Panama's government has nearly approved a new bill revoking a controversial mining contract

Protests in Panama have extended into a second week over a long-term copper mining concession for a Canadian company

A major influx of Chinese migration to the United States on a relatively new and perilous route through Panama's Darién Gap jungle has become increasingly popular thanks to social media

The monthly number of Chinese migrants crossing through Panama's Darién Gap jungle has risen this year as more people from the world's most populous country look to immigrate to the U.S. The number has risen from 913 in January to 2,588 in September

The drugs were discovered on a Panamanian-registered ship transporting bananas to the Netherlands.

FRANCE 24 brings you the stories of the people who are on the front lines of climate change. From Kenya to Panama via Greenland and Australia, our reporters James André and Achraf Abid went to meet the Indigenous people who live in harmony with nature and whose daily lives are…

Protesters marched across Panama against a contract extension for copper mining in a biodiverse region

Panama and Costa Rica have set up a bus system to speed the flow of migrants from the Darien Gap to Costa Rica’s border with Nicaragua

FRANCE 24 brings you the stories of the people who are on the frontlines of climate change. From Kenya to Panama, via Greenland and Australia, our reporters James André and Achraf Abid went to meet the indigenous people who live in harmony with nature and whose daily lives are being…