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CENTRAL AMERICA: Integration remains a slow process
US ratification of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) has...
Central AmericaLATIN AMERICA: SABMiller taps thirst for beer
Consolidation has gathered pace in the global beer market over the past decade: the largest five...
Latin AmericaCENTRAL AMERICA: Cooperation needed to tackle crime
Agreeing to set up a joint force against organised crime, drug-trafficking, gangs and terrorists...
INTERNATIONAL: Critical waterways still unsafe
Between 80-90% of world trade is transported by sea. More than 90,000 ships with a joint tonnage...
InternationalPANAMA: Social security concession ends strike
Trade unions yesterday agreed to end a month-long general strike after President Martin Torrijos...
PanamaPANAMA: Pension reform will redress fiscal imbalances
The reforms will help secure the long-term future of the cash-strapped state-run pension system. ...
PanamaPANAMA: Parliament passes pension reform
Parliament yesterday approved pension reforms, which will increase the retirement age, as well as...
PanamaPANAMA: Government to back down on social security
The government plans to abandon a social security reform that would have raised the retirement...
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