boosting the economy

4 leaders across 4 countries this week.

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2026-07-02 José Raúl Mulino

140 low-cost medicines can be purchased in 500 pharmacies in the country. Cable car, Line 2A, extension of Line 3 and railway to Chiriquí are managed. Force majeure plan against crime. First Agro Employment program announced. A comprehensive strategy that will concentrate the main efforts of the Government, based on major priorities such as employment, health, basic basket, water, public transportation and security for Panamanians, announced the President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, d…

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2026-07-02 Patrice Talon

The Government of Benin continues its actions to promote the development of economic activities in modern urban and regional markets throughout the national territory. In this dynamic, an important measure to reduce royalties was decided in order to allow traders to better meet their obligations while strengthening their activities. The good news was announced to those responsible for the various markets by the Minister of Internal Trade, in charge of the Formalization of the economy on Wednesda…

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2026-07-01 José Raúl Mulino

The Minister of the Presidency (MIPRE), Juan Carlos Orillac chaired this Tuesday a new meeting of the Governing Body of the Regime of Public-Private Partnerships (APP) where the start of the Tender for the project "Rehabilitation, Improvement and Maintenance by Performance Standards of the Centenario Highway" was approved, a work that will benefit more than 485 thousand people and will generate more than 12 thousand jobs between direct and indirect. The endorsement of this project, whose initia…

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2026-07-01 José Raúl Mulino

After two years of administration in which the State's finances have been organized and Panama's good name on the international stage has been restored, the President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, announced to the country the beginning of the execution of works at the national level that are already boosting the economy and will generate thousands of jobs. In his report to the country before the newly elected board of the National Assembly, the president assured that cleaning up the State'…

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2026-07-01 Santiago Peña

Paraguay registered economic growth of 6.6% in 2025 and projects an expansion of 4.2% for 2026, completing four consecutive years of growth above 4%. This performance was accompanied by obtaining the second Investment Grade, a country risk of 99 basis points, a projected GDP per capita greater than USD 9,000 and the highest level of foreign direct investment recorded by the country. The generation of more than 242,000 new jobs, the incorporation of 134,000 workers to the IPS and a labor formali…

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2026-06-29 Pedro Sánchez

The head of the Executive emphasised that this investment represents an almost five-fold increase in state funding for long-term care since 2018 and is "a decisive step towards consolidating a much stronger, more humane and fairer system". Institute for the Elderly and Social Services (IMSERSO), Madrid The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, has announced that the Council of Ministers will approve a Royal Decree-Law "with the largest investment in long-term care in our democra…