Açaí Express announces 1st int’l expansion with 3 locations in Panama
May 6, 2025
The health-focused franchise enters Central America after a decade of growth in Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland. #NewsismyBusiness
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Ballester Hermanos partners with Proserv, S.A. for LatAm expansion
March 15, 2023
The partnership with Proserv represents Ballester’s first expansion of operations outside of Puerto Rico in the food service segment.
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Rock Solid Technologies continues expansion in LatAm
March 31, 2017
Rock Solid Technologies, a company dedicated to the development of software products, will open new offices in the Republic of Panama, company officials announced Thursday.
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17 P.R. co.’s to participate in Expocomer ’17 in Panama
March 21, 2017
Seventeen local companies will participate in this year’s edition of Expocomer, an international multi-sector expo slated for Mar. 22-25 looking to network, expand operations and secure business deals, Puerto Rico Trade and Export Executive Director Ricardo Llerandi announced Monday.
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27 Puerto Rican companies Panama-bound to network
March 9, 2016
A delegation of 27 Puerto Rican companies will participate in the Expocomer international business fair in Panama through Saturday, to present exportable products and services among distributors, importers, retailers and buyers from Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean.
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Panama’s U.S. ambassador offers upbeat outlook for ’15
December 9, 2014
WASHINGTON — Panama, host of the VII Summit of the Americas next April, will see its economy grow faster in 2015 than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere.
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Panama energy exec: Sector privatization is all or nothing
May 21, 2014
The man responsible for leading the privatization of Panama’s energy sector, Fernando Aramburú-Porras, said during a conference organized by the College of Engineers and Surveyors that restructuring that country’s formerly chaotic energy system "was a pill we had to swallow to sustain economic growth that we enjoy today."
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Panama’s diplomatic row with Venezuela indicative of growing presence on world stage
April 28, 2014
WASHINGTON — One year after Nicolás Maduro’s election as president of Venezuela — in a voting process the opposition claims was rigged and illegal — the hand-picked successor to the late populist Hugo Chávez faces a country in chaos.
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Copa Airlines increases Las Vegas/Panama frequencies
July 23, 2013
Copa Airlines announced Monday it will increase frequency of its nonstop service between Las Vegas, Nevada, and the airline’s hub in Panama on Dec. 13.
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Puerto Rico ministerial mission to Panama underway
March 15, 2013
The first commercial mission organized by the current administration is taking place this week in Panama seeking to continue strengthening trade ties and advance the participation of local companies in the thriving Central American economy.
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Puerto Rico to benefit from U.S.-Panama trade pact
October 23, 2012
The U.S.‐Panama Trade Promotion Agreement, an initiative through which President Barack Obama seeks to increase opportunities for U.S. businesses, farmers, and workers through improved access for their products and services in foreign markets, takes effect Oct. 31.
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Panama’s Martinelli: ‘Puerto Rico has everything and hasn’t taken advantage of it’
June 29, 2012
Puerto Rico needs to establish closer commercial ties with all countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean by, among other things, playing up its importance as the gateway to the U.S. mainland, Ricardo Martinelli, president of the Republic of Panama said upon his arrival to the island Thursday.
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Copa Airlines inaugurates 3rd SJ-Panama daily flight
June 22, 2012
Copa Airlines, a subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A., will inaugurate today its third flight between Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and its hub in Panama, just in time for summer vacation travel.
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Caribbean hotel officials: Cruise ships need to pay their fair share of taxes
May 15, 2012
Hoteliers are generally optimistic that 2012 will bring a modest recovery to Caribbean tourism arrivals, but at a recent conference in San Juan, there was plenty of grumbling that for too long, hotels have been shouldering an unfair tax burden when compared to the cruise industry.
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Copa Airlines adding daily flight
April 13, 2012
Panama-based Copa Airlines is adding a third daily flight between its hub and the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina starting June 22.
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