Two buildings in particular share an uncanny resemblance as Panamanian viewer, Asia Sher pointed out.
On Thursday, the President will welcome Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli to the White House.
More than 90% of the canal's 9, 400 employees, including its chief administrator, are Panamanian.
But it is persistently alleged that Panamanian helicopters are aiding Colombian army units and paramilitaries.
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He was arrested in December as he tried to enter Switzerland on a Panamanian passport.
And the current debate about the canal's future will entwine it and the Panamanian government still further.
Yet Panamanian complaints to Colombia have been muted, both governments seeming eager to play down the affair.
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The FDA concluded that even a catastrophic event at the Panamanian facility would not pose a threat.
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In 1989, troops loyal to Panamanian strongman General Manuel Antonio Noriega crushed a coup attempt by junior officers.
Mitchell, 53, was born to Panamanian parents but was adopted and raised by a white couple in Maryland.
The Panamanian-flagged freighter the Margot and those aboard were being held again Thursday night about seven miles offshore.
He also thanked Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli for his country's help in the arrest in the capital, Panama City.
The vessel, which flies a Panamanian flag, has a crew of 24 - from Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine and Philippines.
Both American and Panamanian officials say they are confident of a seamless transition.
In September, the government announced that the compulsory purchase order of Hastings Pier from its Panamanian owners could go ahead.
We are waiting for the Panamanian court and judge to give the date when we can look at HSBC records.
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The sugar cane is grown on a Panamanian estate founded by Don Jose Varela Blanco in 1908, after emigrating from Spain.
In 1992, former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was sentenced to 40 years in jail in the United States on drug-trafficking charges.
To counter such fears, Panamanian officials and those from the United States have produced several measures to make the canal politician-proof.
Panamanian Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro indicated at a news conference this week that other nations also need to be more involved.
At the same time, President Martinelli was just informing me that 7 percent of the Panamanian population is from the United States.
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The Coast Guard intercepted the Margot, a 200-foot Panamanian-registered freighter, about 10 miles off the Florida coast near Miami about 7 p.m.
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla and Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli attended the meeting, which also included representatives from other Central American countries.
One former prime minister, Pavlo Lazarenko, who now holds a Panamanian passport, is wanted on money-laundering charges in both Switzerland and Ukraine.
He has pushed through constitutional changes to secure much, albeit not full, autonomy for the all-Panamanian board that will run the canal.
Panamanian police have been ordered not to engage any armed groups, leaving the Colombian rivals to fight it out, albeit on Panama's soil.
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The Panamanian government has ordered schools to close and government offices to reduce their opening hours as the country suffers from a power shortage.
To help calm such fears, the government has changed the country's constitution to give the canal's all-Panamanian supervisory board a unique degree of independence.
So far, the transition to Panamanian operation of the canal, which handles 13, 000 ships annually, representing 14% of all U.S. trade, is proceeding smoothly.
Panamanian food is a mix of European, Asian and African tastes.
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