Andrea Salcedo

1 month ago | csmonitor.com | Whitney Eulich |Andrea Salcedo

Water was never something Genaro Acevedo Jiménez had to worry about in this verdant slice of rural Panama. But now, water has become his biggest problem. His village sits near the Panama Canal, on the site of a proposed dam and reservoir that authorities say are necessary to keep one of the world’s most critical trade routes passable. Why We Wrote ThisThe Panama Canal was an engineering marvel when it was completed in 1914.

1 month ago | csmonitor.com | Whitney Eulich |Andrea Salcedo

Mellona Takie can barely make it through a game of Uno these days, though on a recent afternoon she tries. Anything to keep her mind from going to a place so dark that she tried to take her own life in February, after the United States deported her, an East African, to Panama.

1 month ago | csmonitor.com | Whitney Eulich |Andrea Salcedo

Decades after the United States invaded Panama in 1989, Samuel Castañeda says the sounds and smells of that night – armored tanks rumbling, houses burning, and bullets flying around his neighborhood – still loom large in his memory. Today, a new kind of offensive is on Panamanian minds, as U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly threatens to wrest control of the Panama Canal back into American hands.

Mar 4, 2025 | dailyherald.com | Andrea Salcedo |Mary Beth Sheridan

Cargo containers sit stacked as cranes load and unload containers from cargo ships at the Cristobal port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Colon, Tuesday, Panama, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) AP PANAMA CITY — A Hong Kong-based company announced Tuesday that it would sell its stake in two ports on the Panama Canal to a U.S.-led consortium, apparently responding to threats from President Donald Trump over what he called Chinese influence at the critical waterway.

Feb 23, 2025 | medium.com | Andrea Salcedo

Andrea López Salcedo·Follow2 min read·--Learning new tools and disciplines is never a waste of time or a distraction from our goals. On the contrary, it has a dual benefit. First, it offers us an alternative perspective to the way we usually think in our daily lives. It helps us update our mental models and approach everyday problems from angles that may be obvious to other professionals but remain hidden from us due to the frameworks we typically operate with.