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Treasury Sanctions The Waked Money Laundering Organization

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Waked Money Laundering Organization (Waked MLO) and its leaders, Nidal Ahmed Waked Hatum (Waked Hatum) and Abdul Mohamed Waked Fares (Waked Fares), as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). OFAC also targeted ...

By U.S. Embassy Panama City | 5 May, 2016 | Topics: Press Releases

Promoting Security and Accountability in Panama

The U.S. Embassy in Panama is pleased to announce an open competition for grant awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and invites public international organizations, U.S. and foreign nonprofit organizations, and U.S. and foreign accredited institutions of higher education to submit proposals for activities in Panama to strengthen civil society, democracy and rule ...

By U.S. Embassy Panama City | 5 April, 2016 | Topics: Programs

Ambassador John D. Feeley Presents Credentials

The U.S. Ambassador to Panama, John D. Feeley, presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, and Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado on Tuesday, February 16, in a ceremony that took place at the Presidential Palace. John D. Feeley was sworn ...

By U.S. Embassy Panama City | 16 February, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Events

Julio Mosquera – Professional Fellows Program for Economic Empowerment

It has been two years since I participated in the Department of State’s Professional Fellows Program for Economic Empowerment, and I have to say that it has been a crazy couple of years. Not only have I applied what I learned on social entrepreneurship and sustainability, but I have been able to replicate my learnings ...

By U.S. Embassy Panama City | 15 January, 2016 | Topics: Alumni

SSA Announcement: No cost of Living Adjustments in 2016

With consumer prices down over the past year, monthly Social Security benefits will not automatically increase in 2016. The Social Security Act provides for an automatic increase in Social Security benefits if there is an increase in inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). The period ...

By U.S. Embassy Panama City | 1 January, 2016 | Topics: Messages for U.S. Citizens

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