A statement by the Presidency of Panama reads:

Panama has managed to attract interest from new U.S. investors and become the site of the World Economic Forum 2014.

The president, Ricardo Martinelli inaugurated "Panama Invest" on Tuesday September 20 in New York, where he reiterated that the country has one of the most competitive economies in Latin America and is open to foreign direct investment.

"Panama needs foreign investment to develop in many areas where we still are lacking efficiency in order to make economic growth reach the poorest sectors of the country," said the president of Panama in connection with this event which brings together a large group of businessmen, presidents and vice presidents of U.S. companies in the Harvard Club of New York.

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Panama Confirmed to Host 2014 World Economic Forum

January 2013

Panama City will receive more than 600 presidents and business leaders at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum on Latin America in April 2014.

A press release from the Presidency of Panama reads:

Panama will officially become, in the month of April 2014, the host country of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum on Latin America which brings together more than 600 business people, plus industry leaders, said President Ricardo Martinelli on Wednesday Jan. 23 during his participation in the economic meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Forum in Guatemala on the financial crisis

November 2008

The Central American Master's Program in Social Sciences presents the forum on the "Global Financial Crisis and its consequences to Central America."

Paulo de Leon, CABI; Carlos Martinez, UNDP consultant; Carlos Gonzalez, ASIES and Ricardo Barrientos, Finance Minister will be the speakers at the meeting to be held on Thursday, November 13 at the FLACSO campus in Guatemala at 6 pm.

Panama to host the II International Encounter of Economists

October 2008

The II International Encounter of Economists from Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in the Panamanian capital from October 15-17 and is being organized by the National College of Economists.

President of the College, Raul Moreira, said in a statement to Efe that the objective of the event will be to update Panamanian economist about important aspects that are occurring in the region with regards to economics.

Latin American leaders urge regional trade

April 2008

Latin American leaders vowed to boost trade and investment in the region to withstand a sharp economic downturn in the United States. «We have to learn to turn on our own motors,» Mexican President Felipe Calderon told the closing session of the two-day World Economic Forum on Latin America in Cancun.

The presidents of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica, and the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, also attended the two-day forum _ a spin-off of the yearly meeting in Davos, Switzerland.