AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoCanal Diplomacy: Panama’s Foreign Minister Javier Eduardo Martinez-Acha Vasquez is in India pushing for India to back the Panama Canal neutrality treaty, calling the canal “the best defense” of Panama’s sovereignty and highlighting stability, logistics, and trade links. UN Reform Push: In the same diplomatic push, Panama backed India’s bid for a permanent UNSC seat and argued the UN must be more representative, including a permanent role for Latin America and the Caribbean. Immigration Crackdown: Panama’s National Migration Service carried out verification operations across eight provinces, citing foreigners with expired stays and people working without permits, and rerouting reverse migration flows toward the border. Maritime Incident: Turkish prosecutors opened an investigation into the death of an Indonesian sailor aboard a Panama-flagged freighter hit by drones off Russia, after the ship entered Turkish waters and anchored near Istanbul. Public Health Warning: UNICEF and PAHO reported that more than 53,000 children and adolescents were murdered in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2022, with homicide the leading cause of death for ages 10–19.
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