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The Geopolitician

Country risk, from the local press

Panama country watch

Signals only — no written briefing yet. Every number links to the articles it counts.

Vigilance

No active vigilance flag · rules: Heightened vigilance for staff and travel · Pressure surge · Media polarisation spike

Flare-up watch

Flare-up watch: High (1.6) — driven by Safety & health and Internal tension

  • Internal tension +2.0
  • Safety & health +2.8
  • Attention +0.2

· the articles counted

Signals consistent with rising crisis risk. A composite of press signals, not a forecast.

Composite of the day's z-scores against the country's own history — Internal tension 0.25, Safety & health 0.20, agenda divergence 0.20, framing gap 0.15, attention 0.20; a missing component drops out and the others are renormalised. Calm below 0.5 · Watch to 1.5 · High above. Needs 14 days of history on two components. Method →

Risk pressure, last 30 days

Risk categoryLevelArticles, 30 daysBaselineChange vs previous 30 days (articles)Last signal
Regulatory riskno baseline yet12—▲ +12Panamá sale de la lista negra fiscal de la Unión Europea: ¿qué cambia? Critica
Operational riskno baseline yet155—▲ +155Shelsy convierte su futuro restaurante en punto de acopio para los afectados por el terremoto Dia a Dia
Stability riskno baseline yet54—▲ +54Colón: pandilleros se oponen a reubicaciones en medio de daños estructurales Dia a Dia
Safety & health riskno baseline yet71—▲ +71Temblor en Panamá: Centro de salud de Canto del Llano mantiene atención en carpas tras el sismo TVMAX 9 Deportes
Corporate riskno baseline yet13—▲ +13¿Te quedaron debiendo? Los riesgos legales y financieros de los 'susús' Critica
Financial riskno baseline yet9—▲ +9Los precios del petróleo suben ante la llegada del huracán Isaías a EEUU TVMAX 9 Deportes
Trade riskno baseline yet43—▲ +43Acodeco detecta casi 48 mil productos vencidos en nueve meses Critica
Political riskno baseline yet13—▲ +13Temblor en Panamá: Ministro Chapman busca recursos internacionales para atender a los afectados TVMAX 9 Deportes

Pressure index from 30 days of history · 20 so far

Level = articles that passed the risk gate in the last 30 days, against the country's own baseline (mean of the previous three 30-day windows). Quiet 0 · Low up to the baseline · Elevated up to twice the baseline · High above. Counts, not severities: a press signal, not a rating. Every row links to the articles counted. Method →

Panama in the world's press

Today 151 articles · ×0.7 vs 30-day average · led by Panama, Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina, Belize press

Articles mentioning the country across the outlets we read, vs the 30-day average. Method →

Media polarisation

Shown from 14 days of data · 0 collected so far

Media we read

5 outlets read every day

  • Central America Data independent
  • Critica independent
  • Dia a Dia independent
  • Panama America independent
  • TVMAX 9 Deportes independent

Today's signals

· 35 articles

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