{
  "id": 3016592,
  "title": "Panama Scholarship Cards Blocked at Casinos and Fuel Pumps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/panama-scholarship-cards-blocked-at-casinos-and-fuel-pumps",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T12:11:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/panama-scholarship-cards-blocked-at-casinos-and-fuel-pumps/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Panama's scholarship agency uses a traceability system to block card payments at casinos, petrol stations and restaurants. About 5 per cent of transactions have been declined, according to TVN Noticias. The post Panama Scholarship Cards Blocked at Casinos and Fuel Pumps appeared first on The Rio Times .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}