Panama will host the 7th Competitiveness Forum of the Americas and the "Doing Business in Latin America" conference, an official source announced today.

The second International AfroFestival, held in celebration of the National Black Ethnicity Day on May 30th will begin today, starting at 5:00 p.m.

Four airlines have shown interest in establishing charter flights to the Río Hato airport, which should begin operations by mid-September.

Panama has the smallest coffee production in Central America, allowing it to develop an exclusive product that has earned international prestige. The mild climate, ocean winds blowing in from two coasts, and rich volcanic soil of Boquete, in the province of Chiriquí, give Panamanian coffee an exquisite aroma and flavor and superior quality.

Tocumen International Airport was declared the best terminal for air transportation in Central America and the Caribbean for the fourth consecutive year.

"It takes only one case of violence against a tourist to ruin a destination's image."

With these words, Neil Klopfenstein, secretary of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), summarized the importance of having security in the tourism industry.

The black race in Panama has left a legacy of the Congo dance, and this portrait of a Congo queen wears a crown of woven fabric scraps and brightly colored buttons. The origin of the Congoes goes back to the colonial era, when Europeans carried over the first group of slaves from Africa to our continent.

Devil Dancer is currently exhibited at the Ward Nasse Gallery (178 Prince Street) in the Soho district of Manhattan, New York City. The painting depicts the traditional dance of the Dirty Devils, a religious folk dance in Panama. This dance represents the fight between devils and angels over the soul of a mortal human, and it arose as part of the doctrine used by Christians to convert the Native American Indians.

Panama City has a new tourist jetty, known as the Pacific Overlook on the Coastal Strip, Phase 3 (CCF3), which Ricardo Martinelli, President of the Republic, inaugurated yesterday.

Every year in May, Afro-descendants in Colón Province proudly celebrate Black Ethnic Month. Conferences, parades, fashion shows, concerts, and training on ethnic hairstyles and the use of turbans are just a few of the activities carried out to highlight the culture and life of the black individual.