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The Panamanian Social Security Fund (CSS) or Caja de Seguro Social Panameña (as it is known in Spanish) is a public institution of the Republic of Panama that is in charge of the planning, control and administration of the contingencies of the social security of Panama. The Social Security Fund was founded on March 21, 1941, by means of Law No ...
The IMSS was founded by Mexican President Manuel Ávila Camacho on January 19, 1943 to satisfy the legal precepts established in the Article 123 of the Mexican Constitution. It is constituted by representations of the workers, employers, and the federal government. It is the largest social welfare institution in all Latin America. [citation needed]
With the prescription of the World Bank, the Zedillo administration sought legislation that not only privatized the IMSS pensions but also IMSS healthcare, however opposition from labor and teacher unions halted the privatization of the latter. [6] Though the proposed legislation was adopted in 1995, its full implementation was delayed until 1997.
Panama has over 350,000 international business companies (IBCs) registered, the third largest number in the world after Hong Kong and the Virgin Islands. Alongside incorporation of IBCs, Panama is active in forming tax-evading foundations and trusts, insurance, and boat and shipping registration, according to the Tax Justice Network. [2]
Retirement Funds Administrators (AFORE) (Spanish: Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro) are companies authorized to manage Mexican individual retirement accounts as authorized by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico.
Collin, Richard H. Theodore Roosevelt's Caribbean: The Panama Canal, the Monroe Doctrine & the Latin American Context (1990), 598pp. Graham, Terence. The Interests of Civilization: Reaction in the United States Against the Seizure of the Panama Canal Zone, 1903-1904 (Lund studies in international history, 1985). Harding, Robert C. (2006).
The Panama Papers affect the image of Panama in an unfair manner and have come to light not as the result of an investigation, but of a hack, said Adolfo Linares, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama (Cciap). [157] The Colegio Nacional de Abogados de Panama (CNA) urged the government to sue. [158]
La Estrella de Panamá is the oldest daily newspaper in Panama. [1] The newspaper originally began in 1849 as a Spanish-language translation insert of an English daily, The Panama Star, which had been formed in 1849. [2] It has a circulation of approximately 8,000 print copies. [3]