Feb 1: New deadline set in Panama Canal dispute
Email this page PANAMA CITY, January 24, 2014 (AFP) – The Panama Canal authority and a consortium working on widening the waterway have given themselves until February 1 to resolve…
Panama canal expansion to be completed in 2015: minister
Email this page DAVOS, January 23, 2014 (AFP) – Work to enlarge the Panama Canal will be completed in 2015 no matter what, Panamanian Finance Minister Frank De Lima said…
Operation Martillo: 2 recent busts continue success
Email this page By Ezra Fieser / ISH January 23, 2014 (ISH) The United States and the British Royal navies recently made separate narcotics seizures, marking continued success for Operation…
Argentina peso sinks as foreign purchases curbed
Email this page BUENOS AIRES, January 23, 2014 (AFP) – Argentina’s economic turmoil deepened Wednesday as the peso plunged and the government tightened controls on shopping at offshore websites to…
Venezuela limits access to US dollars
Email this page CARACAS, January 22, 2014 (AFP) – Venezuela said Wednesday it would allow only importers of high priority goods like food to buy dollars at the official rate,…
Proposal offered in Panama Canal dispute
Email this page PANAMA CITY, January 22, 2014 (AFP) – A consortium working on widening the Panama Canal presented a proposal Tuesday that officials here said could provide a way…
HSBC paying $2 billion to avoid criminal charges in drug cartel laundering case
Enlarge Seized cash like the dollars and Mexican pesos pictured here is nothing compared to the multi-billion dollar empire of the Sinaloa cartel, which laundered its money through HSBC. The…
Proposal offered as Panama Canal dispute simmers on
Email this page PANAMA CITY, January 21, 2014 (AFP) – A consortium working on expanding the Panama Canal proposed Monday that local authorities cofinance a huge budget shortfall that sparked…
