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President Joe Biden speaks about reaching 300 million COVID-19 vaccination shots, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden outlines vaccine plan, set to miss global-sharing goal

By Zeke Miller Jun. 21, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

Panama closes border with Colombia over pandemic fears

May. 20, 2021 12:59 PM EDT
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama says it has closed its border with Colombia over concerns about the spread of COVID-19, but it wasn't clear how it would enforce such...

A man gets a first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 in a car at the Rommel Fernandez soccer stadium where the parking lot is being used as a vaccination center in Panama City, Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Panama cautious after day without COVID-19 deaths

May. 17, 2021 11:58 AM EDT

A camera trap installed by biologist Claudio Monteza is fastened to a tree just off the forest floor in San Lorenzo, Panama, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Monteza hopes his series of cameras will provide insights into which animal species steer clear of highways and which ones are more apt to check them out. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Scientists get creative to carry on research during pandemic

By Kathia Martínez Apr. 22, 2021 10:20 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, a migrant and his children cross the Tuquesa river after a trip on foot through the jungle to Bajo Chiquito, Darien Province, Panama. According to a UNICEF report published Monday, March 29, 2021, the number of migrant children and teenagers moving north through Panama’s Darien region has risen drastically since 2017. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File) (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)
UN: Increase in child migrants through dangerous Darien Gap

Mar. 29, 2021 07:08 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Feb. 26, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Friday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2021. There are 308 days left in the year. Today’s...

Floria Sarai Calix pushes her belongings in hopes of finding a safer area to camp out with her son after losing their home in the Chamelecon neighborhood to hurricanes Eta and Iota, on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. The devastation wrought by November's hurricanes and the economic damage of the COVID-19 pandemic has added to the forces that drive Hondurans to migrate. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Migrants on the move again in Mexico and Central America

By Isabel Mateos And María Verza Feb. 18, 2021 12:01 AM EST

Tents stand at a migrant camp amid the new coronavirus pandemic in San Vicente, Darien province, Panama, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Panama is allowing hundreds of migrants stranded because of the pandemic, to move to the border with Costa Rica, after just reopening its land borders. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Migration through Panama resumes after pandemic lockdown

By Juan Zamorano Feb. 10, 2021 12:57 PM EST

Nearly 400 inmates at Panamanian prison infected with COVID

Nov. 10, 2020 01:53 PM EST
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Nearly 400 inmates at a Panamanian prison have been infected with the new coronavirus in the country’s largest prison outbreak of the...

A National Police officer carries an elderly woman out of an area flooded by water brought by Hurricane Eta in Jerusalen, Honduras, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. The storm that hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday had become more of a vast tropical rainstorm, but it was advancing so slowly and dumping so much rain that much of Central America remained on high alert. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)
Eta back to sea as Central America tallies damages and dead

By Delmer Martínez And Sonia Pérez D. Nov. 06, 2020 12:01 AM EST

Panama's 2nd biggest Indigenous group votes to ban masks

Oct. 26, 2020 07:40 PM EDT
PANAMA CITY (AP) — A cultural body for the Guna Yala people in Panama voted Monday to ban the wearing of face masks used to combat coronavirus infections,...

People wearing masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus travel to the beach in a horse cart in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Cuba relaxes coronavirus restrictions 7 months into pandemic

By Andrea Rodríguez Oct. 12, 2020 03:01 PM EDT

2 migrants die in Panama, one of COVID-19

Oct. 09, 2020 04:22 PM EDT
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Two migrants died shortly after entering Panama through the jungle-covered border with Colombia, Panamanian authorities said Friday. ...

Panama lifts gender-based restrictions on movement

Sep. 14, 2020 02:12 PM EDT
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama lifted a five-month-old coronavirus measure Monday that had restricted women from going out one day, and men the next. ...

Women and children sit idle at a migrant camp amid the new coronavirus pandemic in Lajas Blancas, Darien province, Panama, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020. In Lajas Blancas, the migrants did not wear masks or practice social distancing, but Panama's Public Security Minister Juan Pino said there have not been more than 10 infections among the migrants. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Stalled by pandemic, migrants press in quest for better life

By Juan Zamorano Sep. 07, 2020 10:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 25, 2019 file photo, a Haitian woman reaches the shore after wading across the Tuquesa river, holding her child, in Bajo Chiquito, Darien province, Panama. The government of Panama said Monday, August 3, 2020, that it is proposing humanitarian flights home for Haitian migrants confined in camps on the country's southern border. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)
Haitian migrant dies in Panama of non-COVID-19 illness

By Kathia Martinez Aug. 13, 2020 12:59 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 25, 2019 file photo, a Haitian woman reaches the shore after wading across the Tuquesa river, holding her child, in Bajo Chiquito, Darien province, Panama. The government of Panama said Monday, August 3, 2020, that it is proposing humanitarian flights home for Haitian migrants confined in camps on the country's southern border. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)
Panama proposes flying Haitian migrants home after clash

Aug. 03, 2020 04:56 PM EDT

This Aug. 4, 2016 photo shows boxer Roberto Durán posing for a portrait in New York, to promote the film, "Hands of Stone." The film, about Duran and boxing trainer Ray Arcel, opens on Aug. 26. Durán, who held world championships in four weight classes during his more than three-decade career, has tested positive for the coronavirus but has had only mild symptoms so far, one of his sons said Thursday, June 25, 2020. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)
Ex-boxing champ Roberto Durán tests positive for coronavirus

Jun. 25, 2020 11:41 PM EDT

A fishing boat cruises past backdropped by the Panama City skyline, Thursday, June 25, 2020. New COVID-19 infections have been surging in Panama since the country began relaxing its strict quarantine in an effort to reactivate its economy. After holding more or less steady for two months the number of infections has tripled. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Panama sees surge of coronavirus infections after reopening

By Kathia Martínez Jun. 25, 2020 07:40 PM EDT

Cargo ships navigate through Panama Canal waters in Gamboa, Panama, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The Panama Canal began to feel the first adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic on its business after registering a drop in its ship transits while applying rigorous measures to prevent further contagion among its workers. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Panama canal sees 21% drop in crossings amid pandemic

Jun. 17, 2020 04:59 PM EDT