According to local media reports, Tejada collapsed during a pick-up game near his hometown of San Miguelito, Panama.

Severe drought has led to a significant decline in Panama Canal traffic, causing disruption to a vital global trade route

Record numbers of migrants crossing the hostile Darien gap jungle in 2023 included 120,000 minors, the Panama government said Monday.

The Panama Canal delivered $2.5 billion to the national treasury for last year's operations, the government said Monday, despite record-low water levels that limited ship transits.

Canadian firm First Quantum Minerals on Thursday asked Panama's government to suspend the contracts of some 7,000 workers at Central America's biggest copper mine, due to be closed under a court ruling.

For the last couple of weeks, protesters have been demanding that the government cancel its agreement with First Quantum Minerals, which gave the company permission to mine copper in a biodiverse jungle.

Juan de Dios Camaño, secretary general of the Association of Chiricano Educators, said that the roads will be accessible from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday for people to get fuel and food.

Demonstrators and police clashed Tuesday in Panama as protests over a copper mine spilled into their fifth day, with President Laurentino Cortizo vowing he would prosecute acts of "vandalism."

Police in Panama fired teargas Monday at protesters burning tires and blocking roads to protest a contract allowing a Canadian company to continue operating Central America's biggest copper mine.

Yulimar Rojas, Gianna Woodruff, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, and more have been honored for breaking barriers and setting records in the track and field world.

An increasing number of countries like Panama and Costa Rica are urgently seeking international assistance in managing the influx of migrants.

The minimum of $170 gets you a guide for the treacherous journey from South America to Central America, as well as medical care and toilet access.

The drought, made worse by the Pacific phenomenon known as El Nino, has forced authorities to restrict the waterway to ships with a draft of 43 feet (13.11 meters).

Panama announced on Monday that more migrants have crossed the Darien Gap, the hazardous jungle area separating Central and South America, so far this year than in all of 2022.

A bus carrying migrants to the US crashed into a ravine in Panama Wednesday, causing the deaths of 39 people.

Panama’s National Migration Service apprehended the lead suspect in the murder of Bogota DJ Valentina Trespalacios.

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced that former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and his two sons have been barred from entering the country over corruption charges.

A former Panamanian President and his two sons have been barred from traveling to the United States.

A Canadian mining company and the government of Panama have returned to the negotiating table on Monday as the two continue their disputes over tax payments over a copper mine.

Two former presidents of Panama are being called into trial by a judge on Tuesday to face charges of money laundering related to the Odebrecht bribery scandal that has implicated many officials.

Protests in Panama, that were prompted by high inflation and fuel prices, continued on Thursday after an attempted deal with the government to cap or lower prices fell apart.

Billboard's first Woman of the Decade award recipient Taylor Swift has reportedly flown to Panama to be with Joe Alwyn, her beau of five years, following the success of her re-recorded "Red" album, which included the 10-minute version of the song, "All Too Well."

A federal court in Brooklyn has sentenced a Colombian national to more than 17 years behind bars for conspiring to internationally distribute cocaine and sell them at higher prices for shipping the drugs closer to U.S. soil, United States District Judge Edward R. Korman bared on Wednesday. 

Crack, cocaine and cannabis found in package strapped on cat used to mule drugs into notorious Nueva Esperanza Prison.

A cult in Panama killed seven people where five of them were children and one is a pregnant woman. The victims were tortured and hacked with machetes.

Team USA lost to Costa Rica in their second game of the fifth round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Jürgen Klinsmann has been getting criticized for his coaching.

August 18 is Roberto Duran Day. Celebrate the legendary boxer's life with the song "Champions" by Usher and Rubén Blades, which will be part of the soundtrack of "Hands of Stone," a film about the Panamanian champ's life.

Jill Biden is planning a trip to Latin America in June. Find out why.

We preview and predict the 2015 Gold Cup Third Place match between the United States and Panama on Saturday, July 25, 2015. Tell us who you think will win in our poll below.

Mexico got a gift on Wednesday, when a late controversial penalty call gave El Tri a come back victory over Panama 2-1 to advance to the Gold Cup Final against Jamaica.