2022 in Panama

Panama-related events during 2022

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17 February – Panama-flagged car carrier MV Felicity Ace is abandoned approximately 90 nautical miles southwest of the Azores following a severe fire on board. The ship's entire 22-man crew safely evacuates using lifeboats.^[1]
17 March – Panama's maritime authority states that Russia has attacked three Panamanian-flagged civil vessels in the Black Sea since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, causing one of the ships to sink. No deaths have been reported.^[2]
20 April – The United States signs an agreement with Panama to help stop undocumented immigration.^[3]
5 July – Panama confirms its first case of monkeypox.^[4]
12 July – Protesters in Panama continue blocking streets and railways, mainly in Chiriquí and Veraguas Provinces, rejecting the concession by president Laurentino Cortizo of freezing fuel prices.^[5]
16 July – Protests continue in Panama with road and railways blockades, after protesters rejected president Laurentino Cortizo's concessions.^[6]

7 January – Ruby Moscoso de Young, 80, Panamanian politician, first lady (1999–2004)^[7]
2 February – Robert Blalack, 73, visual effects artist (Star Wars, RoboCop, The Day After), Oscar winner (1978)^[8]
3 February – Felipe Virzi, 79, politician and businessman, second vice president (1994–1999)^[9]
29 August – Rigoberto Riasco, 69, boxer, WBC super bantamweight champion (1976).^[10]
18 September – Carmen A. Miró, 103, sociologist, statistician, and demographer.

^ Korn, Jennifer (2022-02-17). "A cargo ship full of luxury cars is on fire and adrift in the middle of the Atlantic | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
^ "Panama says three ships hit by Russian missiles in Black Sea since start of Ukraine invasion". Reuters. 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
^ "US, Panama sign bilateral agreement on migration cooperation - Blinken". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
^ Espinoza, Tereza (2022-07-05). "Panamá confirma el primer caso de viruela del mono". TVN Panamá (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-21.
^ "Continúan los cierres de vías en diferentes puntos de Chiriquí y Veraguas". www.telemetro.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-21.
^ "Alianza Pueblo Unido Por la Vida anuncia más protestas y pide una sola mesa de diálogo; siguen los cierres de vías en diferentes partes del país | La Prensa Panamá". www.prensa.com (in Spanish). 2022-07-16. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
^ "Fallece Ruby Moscoso, exprimera dama de Panamá". www.prensa.com (in Spanish). 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
^ Barnes, Mike (2022-02-07). "Robert Blalack, Oscar-Winning Visual Effects Artist on 'Star Wars,' Dies at 73". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
^ "Muere el exvicepresidente Felipe 'Pipo' Virzi". TVN Panamá (in Spanish). 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
^ "E' scomparso Rigoberto Riasco, ex campione s.gallo WBC". boxeringweb.net. Retrieved 2022-09-21.

Years in Panama (1903–present)

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