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Weekly Report - 12 April 2018 (WR-18-14)

PANAMA: Relations with Venezuela hit new low

Venezuela suspended economic and financial relations with various Panamanian individuals and companies last week for 90 days. The move was in response to Panama’s inclusion of President Nicolás Maduro and other top Venezuelan officials on a watchlist for money laundering and financing of terrorism. With Panama’s government having since withdrawn its ambassador to Caracas, requesting that the Venezuelan government reciprocate, the spat signals a new low in bilateral relations although these have long been fraught in part over a trade dispute.

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