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The Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday that it denied the request from the Nicaraguan government to provide safe passage for ex-president Ricardo Martinelli to leave the country after the Nicaraguan government granted asylum to the former Panamanian leader on Wednesday. The ministry also made a statement that it has summoned the Nicaraguan Ambassador [...]

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The Supreme Court of Panama rejected former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli’s appeal submission for his money laundry conviction on Friday, to which Martinelli responded by informing his followers on X (formerly Twitter) that he would be running alongside his running mate José Raúl Mulino for this year’s May election, despite the court’s ruling. Martinelli was [...]

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Panama’s Supreme Court unanimously held Tuesday that the 20-year concession for the Canadian Cobre Panamá copper mine was unconstitutional. In its judgement, the courts found that Law 406 of October 20, 2023, which granted the mining concession to Minera Panama, the Panamanian subsidiary of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, was unconstitutional and struck down the entire law. The [...]

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The National Assembly of Panama passed Bil 1110 on Friday, which indefinitely suspends the granting of exploration and exploitation permits for metallic mining across the country. The vote follows the announcement by Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo in October to hold a referendum on a contentious mining contract with Minera Panama. Bill 1110 was approved in [...]

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Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Jacky-Long Mouthuy is a law student at Maastricht University. He files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands.  Yesterday, November 2, was the UN’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. Ahead [...]

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Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo announced on Sunday that he will hold a referendum to determine the fate of a contentious mining contract. Cortizo also said late last week that he was placing a prohibition on any new mining projects in response to protests. In his national address announcing the citizens’ vote, President Cortizo said, “I’ve [...]

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Samira Gozaine, the director of Panama’s National Migration Institute, held a press conference with Security Minister Juan Manuel Pino on Friday, explaining plans to increase border control and surveillance on land and in the air. They stated that Panama will increase deportations of irregular migrants as the migration flow increases, and the measures will be [...]

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