Ruben Blades, the nine-time Grammy award winning Panamanian artist, salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor and politician turned 63 on Saturday. On his birthday, he performed at the Latin American Salsa and Jazz Festival in Barcelona, Spain and continues his European concert tour in Germany, Italy, England, Belgium and France.
Fifty-four couples said the words “I do” during a group wedding ceremony on Friday. The event was organized by the Association of Values in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development and the Civil Registrar’s Office. The now newlyweds are from La Chorrera, Chepo, Chilibre and a majority from San Miguelito. Originally, there were...
Aerosmith has confirmed its 2011 Panama concert date. The rock legends will play the Rod Carew National Stadium on November 1 as part of the band’s Aero Force One tour which kicks off October 22 in Lima, Peru. “I’m looking forward to sweating up a storm with the crazy Latin American fans,” frontman Steven Tyler...
Spain will establish a Spanish Cultural Center in Panama’s historic Casco Viejo neighborhood. On Monday, Panamanian Deputy Foreign Minister Alvaro Aleman and Francisco Moza, President of the Spanish International Cooperation Agency for Development signed the declaration of intention to establish the center. It is scheduled to open in 2012 and will be located in...
The Kuna General Congresses presented the first published scholarly Kuna language-Spanish dictionary as part of the intercultural bilingual education project. This project seeks to integrate Kuna languages, history and world vision into a educational curriculum which values diversity and makes sociocultural distinctions. It has been implement in the indigenous and autonomous Kuna Yala territories in...
