Panama – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:30:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Panama – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Reunión de Panamá sobre migración: clave para EEUU y la región https://onvenezuela.com/reunion-de-panama-sobre-migracion-clave-para-eeuu-y-la-region/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reunion-de-panama-sobre-migracion-clave-para-eeuu-y-la-region Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:30:25 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=14294

Blinken reafirmó que la Cumbre de las Américas en junio abordará los “motores de la migración irregular al adoptar una declaración para la migración y protección que delinee los principios compartidos para una respuesta coordinada para la migración y el desplazamiento forzado”. La canciller panameña propuso trabajar en objetivos como la homologación de políticas migratorias y ampliar lucha contra el crimen organizado transnacional. Texto Completo-> VOA

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El canal del dinero sucio entre Venezuela y Andorra se construyó en Panamá https://onvenezuela.com/el-canal-del-dinero-sucio-entre-venezuela-y-andorra-se-construyo-en-panama/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=el-canal-del-dinero-sucio-entre-venezuela-y-andorra-se-construyo-en-panama Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:19:05 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=11259

El bufete Alemán, Cordero, Galindo & Lee (Alcogal) creó y legalizó por lo menos 51 de las 78 ‘shell companies’ que sirvieron de vehículo para el blanqueo de hasta 2.000 millones de dólares en pagos de sobornos y comisiones para funcionarios venezolanos originados en la Banca Privada de Andorra. De buena gana lo hizo, no solo gestionando empresas, sino participando de manera activa en la suscripción de contratos por servicios ficticios; luego, cuando el escándalo estalló, de mala gana se desligó de los negocios con clientes riesgosos como Luis Mariano Rodríguez, Diego Salazar o Nervis Villalobos. Por Valentina Lares. Texto Completo-> Armando.info

Courtesy translation->The Alemán, Cordero, Galindo & Lee (Alcogal) law firm created and legalized at least 51 of the 78 ‘shell companies’ that served as a vehicle for laundering up to $ 2 billion in bribery and commission payments for Venezuelan officials originating in the Private Bank of Andorra. He did so willingly, not only managing companies, but actively participating in the signing of contracts for fictitious services; later, when the scandal broke out, he reluctantly parted ways with risky clients such as Luis Mariano Rodríguez, Diego Salazar or Nervis Villalobos.

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Dance programme helps Venezuelan teen settle into new life in Panama https://onvenezuela.com/dance-programme-helps-venezuelan-teen-settle-into-new-life-in-panama/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dance-programme-helps-venezuelan-teen-settle-into-new-life-in-panama Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:21:48 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=9802

“I didn’t fit in at first,” she recalled. An afterschool programme called Programa Enlaces, which is Spanish for “links,” changed all that. The programme, which receives financial support from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, aims to transform the lives of Panamanian and refugee youths through music and dance. Full Text -> UNHCR

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Venezuela reopens flights to Panama and Dominican Republic https://onvenezuela.com/venezuela-reopens-flights-to-panama-and-dominican-republic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-reopens-flights-to-panama-and-dominican-republic Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:02:39 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=7033

Venezuela’s civil aviation authority said on Monday it is reopening flights to Panama and the Dominican Republic that it shut last month due to coronavirus pandemic. Last year, Venezuela allowed flights to Turkey, Mexico, Bolivia, Panama and the Dominican Republic, but weeks later halted air service to the latter two countries as part of its coronavirus prevention strategy. Full Text -> NationalPost

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