{"id":11671,"date":"2026-02-28T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/?p=11671"},"modified":"2026-02-28T07:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:11:46","slug":"mulino-calls-international-summit-to-fix-paso-canoas-border-congestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/travel-tourism\/mulino-calls-international-summit-to-fix-paso-canoas-border-congestion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mulino Calls International Summit to Fix Paso Canoas Border Congestion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Panamanian President Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino announced he will host a high-level summit with Costa Rican leadership next month to address chronic congestion and inefficiency at the primary land border crossing between the two nations. Mulino made the declaration during his weekly press conference, setting a meeting for April 24 at the Paso Canoas Border Crossing<\/a> with outgoing Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves and President-elect Laura Fern\u00e1ndez, who takes office May 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president described the current situation at the border as unacceptable, framing the upcoming trilateral meeting as a decisive move to unlock bilateral trade and travel. He expressed a determined, good-faith effort to resolve issues he called a major obstacle to regional development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“With a sincere but determined spirit to see how we unblock Paso Canoas. That cannot continue to be what it is today,” Mulino stated. [Translated from Spanish]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mulino painted a vivid picture of the operational failures. He compared the current border process to a line of mules waiting for someone to feel like opening a gate, blaming excessive bureaucracy between customs and migration agencies. That reality, he insisted, must disappear. The stated goal of the April meeting is to find a secure and reliable solution to the persistent logjam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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