http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/591/ en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - Panama Panama A Moratorium on Free Trade Pacts http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83314 "Show your support of trade agreements that assure job security and decent livelihoods, and take a stand against the NAFTA model that displaces millions from their homes and jobs and furthers environmental destruction," urges a group advocating fairer globalization. Helping Farmers, and the Watershed, in Panama http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77809 Cattle ranching has caused soil erosion and deforestation throughout the Panama Canal Watershed, but an innovative program is helping strike a balance between the needs of communities and the environment. Panama wins UN Security Council seat http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75549 Panama's election to the United Nations Security Council yesterday brought to an end the stalemated contest for the Latin American and Caribbean seat between Guatemala and Venezuela that had been going on since last month. The global networked readiness in education survey http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/114653/1/ The Global Networked Readiness in Education survey seeks to aid school leaders and policymakers by helping them to examine the role and effects of integrating information and communication technologies (ICTs) into formal learning. O vôo da águia rea http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/59657 Graças ao Panamá, a imponente águia real (Harpia harpyja) talvez retome vôo, já sem o rótulo de ave ameaçada. Para que isso ocorra, e desde que se reduza a ação depredadora do homem, ainda se passarão de 20 a 25 anos. O Panamá é o único país da América Latina que colocou no centro de suas preocupações estas águias, que após voarem livres centenas de anos, em uma região que ia do México à Argentina, começaram a desaparecer pela destruição de seu hábitat e a ação de ca Terroristes "made in USA" graciés au Panama http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/58675 Cuba a rompu ses relations diplomatiques avec Panama après avoir appris que la Présidente sortante, Mireya Moscoso, avait gracié 4 terroristes d'origine cubaine et les avait fait mettre immédiatement en liberté à Panama, pays qu'ils ont tout de suite quitté. Ils avaient été arrêtés au moment où ils s'apprêtaient à plastiquer le grand amphithéâtre de l'Université de Panama où le Chef de l'État cubain devait prendre part à un meeting au cours du 10è sommet ibéro-latino-amér Panamá elege social-democrata http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/54428 O social-democrata Martín Torrijos foi aclamado pelas urnas o novo presidente do Panamá. Após a votação de domingo, este filho do ditador nacionalista, o general Omar Torrijos, convocou "as forças sociais e produtivas do país a selarem um novo pacto social para derrotar a pobreza, a corrupção e a desesperança na pátria" Six comploteurs anti-Castro condamnés au Panama http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/54299 Fin de parcours pour Luis Posada Carriles ? Le vieux baroudeur de l’extrême droite cubaine (76ans) a été condamné mardi par la justice panaméenne à huit ans de prison pour avoir planifié en 2000 une tentative d’assassinat du dirigeant cubain Fidel Castro. Ce proche de la Fondation nationale cubano-américaine (CANF) de Miami -fugitif de la justice vénézuélienne pour un précédent attentat- avait été arrêté le 17 novembre 2000 en compagnie de cinq complices. With FTAA Stalled, U.S. Engages in NAFTA Extension Piece by Piece http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/54251 The Bush Administration has announced it will begin trade negotiations with Panama today in the hopes of completing a bilateral "free trade agreement" (FTA). The negotiations represent the latest attempt to expand NAFTA further into Latin America. A Panama FTA would complement the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic that the Administration finished negotiating last year. Colombie / Panamá: Droit d’asile en danger http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/49901 Il est tout à fait inacceptable que des réfugiés continuent à être rapatriés de force vers des pays dans lesquels ils risquent d'être victimes de graves violations de leurs droits fondamentaux, a déclaré Amnesty International après le rapatriement forcé de 85 réfugiés colombiens depuis le sud du Panamá le 11 décembre 2003. Handycam Campaigners http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/46414 Three indigenous communities, in Panama, Papua New Guinea and Nigeria, used video camcorders to draw global attention to environmental impact of oil and mining projects. Panama: The privatisation of the Social Security Fund http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/45016 According to the peoples' groups that participated in the National Dialogue on Social Security, there was no "progress towards consensus because of the refusal of the business sector" whose proposals were not in the interests of the beneficiaries. The business sector insists on Panama abandoning "the solidarity system and replacing it with two-tier pension plans". Handycam Campaigners http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/104635/1/ Panama, U.S. Swap Debt for Nature http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/43493 The U.S. agreed to forgive $10 million of Panama's debt late last week, on the condition that the money be used to protect a key watershed and wildlife area, which supplies half the water needed to operate the Panama Canal. Panamá: Social security on brink of financial collapse http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/42931 Five years ago the International Labor Organization (ILO) advised that, unless the retirement pension system in Panama was reformed, from 2010, the Social Security Fund (SSF) program that runs it — Invalidity, Old-age and Death (IOD) — would be in deficit, and bankrupt by 2014. But "Zero Hour" arrived before.