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In short: the Panama Metro is the only metro in Central America. It has two lines in operation, Line 1 since 2014 between Albrook and San Isidro and Line 2 since 2019 between San Miguelito and Nuevo Tocumen, with a branch to the airport. The fare is 0.35 balboas on Line 1 and 0.50 on Line 2, paid with the rechargeable card that also works on the buses. It carries around 250,000 passengers a day. Line 3, a 25-kilometre monorail to West Panama, is under construction and will open in stages between 2027 and 2028. The two lines in service…

In short: Panama has a specific visa for remote work: the Short-Stay Visa for Remote Workers, created by Executive Decree 198 of 2021. It allows anyone working for a foreign company or foreign clients with income of at least 36,000 dollars a year to live in the country for nine months, extendable by another nine. Income generated outside Panama pays no income tax. The dollar, connectivity and a time zone aligned with the United States explain why the country attracts this profile. The remote worker visa AspectCondition Duration9 months, extendable once for another 9 (18 in total) Minimum income36,000 dollars…

In short: TikTok, Instagram and YouTube do not reward big accounts but each video on its own. All three systems test the content with a small group of users, measure how long they watch it, whether they finish it, whether they share or save it, and only then push it to larger audiences. Watch time and retention in the first few seconds are the strongest signal; shares and saves weigh more than likes. With around 1.9 billion monthly users on TikTok, more than 2 billion on Reels and tens of billions of daily views on Shorts, understanding that logic explains…

Show hours: Wednesday to Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m.; Sundays from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. Closed on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 October. In short: the Panama Motor Show, the car fair of the Panama Automobile Distributors Association (ADAP), runs from October 2 to 4 and 7 to 11 at the Panama Convention Center in Amador, Panama City, with 39 brands and more than 150 models across 15,400 m² of exhibition space, according to La Prensa. It opens Wednesday to Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturdays from 12:00 noon…

In short: on October 16, 2025, near the Chinese city of Wuhu, an SUV drove into the Yangtze River and came out on the other bank 22 minutes later, after covering 1,480 metres, most of it on the water and driven by a jet propulsion system. It was the JETOUR G700, the brand's high-end plug-in hybrid off-roader, and China's specialist press recorded it as the first SUV to cross the Yangtze by water. Seven months later, on May 20, 2026, the G700 was launched in Panama with an expedition to Volcán Barú, the country's highest point. It is one of…