Panama Week: Railway Plans, Court Rulings, Tocumen Growth
Panama's week: railway plans, confirmed acquittals, and 15% airport traffic growth. The post Panama Week: Railway Plans, Court Rulings, Tocumen Growth appeared first on The Rio Times .
Panama witnessed significant developments in infrastructure, law, and tourism during a recent week. President José Raúl Mulino engaged in security talks with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on August 12, emphasizing drug trafficking as a threat to national sovereignty. The Coalition of the Americas Contra los Carteles, attended by Mulino on August 13, reaffirmed this stance.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance announced a 4.5 percentage point reduction in multidimensional poverty from 2022-2025, with 83,949 individuals lifted out of poverty. The Tren Panama-David-Frontera project, aimed at connecting Albrook-Sajalices, secured a US$4.17 million contract for engineering services in January 2026. The airport traffic at Tocumen surged by 15% in the first half of 2026, reaching 13,719,707 passengers.
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