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BID proyecta más de US$1,000 millones en inversiones para Panamá en 2026

Panamá y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) reforzaron su agenda de cooperación de cara a 2026 tras una reunión sostenida entre el presidente José Raúl Mulino y el presidente del Grupo BID, Ilan Goldfajn, en el marco de la 39ª Reunión de Gobernadores del Istmo Centroamericano y República Dominicana.
El encuentro estuvo centrado en estabilidad macroeconómica, integración regional y crecimiento sostenible, en un momento en que Panamá busca consolidar su atractivo para la inversión internacional.
Durante la reunión, ambas partes coincidieron en que la confianza de los mercados, la disciplina fiscal y el fortalecimiento institucional son pilares clave para sostener el crecimiento económico.
En ese contexto, el Grupo BID reiteró su disposición a respaldar proyectos estratégicos mediante financiamiento complementario, incluyendo esquemas de asociaciones público-privadas y garantías para movilizar capital privado hacia sectores prioritarios.
Uno de los anuncios más relevantes se produjo tras el encuentro, cuando Goldfajn confirmó que el programa del BID para Panamá en 2026 superará los US$1.000 millones entre operaciones públicas y privadas.

La cifra incluye recursos para infraestructura, servicios públicos, modernización del Estado y apoyo al sector productivo, consolidando al organismo como uno de los principales socios financieros del país.
El propio presidente del BID destacó este compromiso en un mensaje difundido en redes sociales, en el que subrayó que el paquete de financiamiento busca respaldar las prioridades estratégicas del Gobierno panameño.
Entre ellas figuran el acercamiento a la OCDE, la mejora del clima de negocios y el impulso a proyectos regionales bajo el programa “América en el Centro”, orientado a reducir costos logísticos y fortalecer la competitividad.
En materia educativa, Mulino invitó formalmente al BID a participar en el proceso de modernización del sistema educativo, con énfasis en tecnología y digitalización.
La propuesta fue acogida favorablemente, y el organismo anunció que trabaja junto con Google en un programa regional que contempla 60.000 becas, del cual Panamá figura entre los principales beneficiarios, con miras a cerrar brechas en habilidades digitales.
La agenda abordó también proyectos estructurales como la interconexión eléctrica con Colombia, el desarrollo del centro logístico de Puerto Armuelles, obras de agua potable y saneamiento, y planes de integración regional. Goldfajn informó, además, que el BID puso a disposición asistencia técnica para fortalecer la gobernanza, la transparencia y la adopción de estándares internacionales en la gestión pública.
El respaldo del organismo se refleja en una amplia cartera de proyectos financiados en Panamá en los últimos años.

Entre ellos figuran el apoyo al desarrollo del Metro de Panamá y el cable aéreo de San Miguelito, programas de saneamiento en el área metropolitana, iniciativas de acceso universal a la energía, proyectos ambientales en la Bahía de Parita, y planes de fortalecimiento para microempresarios y pueblos indígenas.
Estas operaciones han abarcado sectores como transporte, agua, energía, inclusión social y modernización institucional.
En el ámbito fiscal, los datos oficiales muestran que el BID se mantiene como uno de los principales acreedores multilaterales del país. Al cierre de 2025, el saldo de la deuda con el organismo superaba los US$4.400 millones, dentro de un componente multilateral cercano a los US$9.700 millones.
Esta relación financiera convierte al BID en un actor clave tanto en el financiamiento del desarrollo como en la sostenibilidad de las cuentas públicas.
Desde el Ejecutivo, Mulino ha defendido que la estrategia con el BID no se limita al endeudamiento, sino que apunta a generar retornos económicos y sociales mediante proyectos productivos, mejoras en servicios básicos y fortalecimiento institucional.
El mandatario ha insistido en que los recursos deben traducirse en empleo, competitividad y mayor inclusión, evitando que se conviertan en una carga estructural para las finanzas públicas.

En el plano regional, Goldfajn resaltó que la elección de Panamá como sede del encuentro de ministros de Finanzas y autoridades económicas refleja su papel como articulador regional. Según el BID, el país se perfila como un eje estratégico para impulsar soluciones conjuntas en logística, energía, comercio e infraestructura, en un entorno marcado por la volatilidad global y los desafíos geopolíticos.
Los ministros de Economía y Hacienda de Centroamérica se darán cita este martes en Ciudad de Panamá en el marco de la 39ª Reunión de Gobernadores del Istmo Centroamericano, Panamá y República Dominicana, organizada por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID).
El encuentro tendrá como sede el Centro de Convenciones de Panamá, ubicado a orillas del Canal, y reunirá a autoridades responsables de las políticas fiscales, financieras y de desarrollo de la región.
Entre los asistentes confirmados figuran el presidente José Raúl Mulino, el ministro de Economía y Finanzas, Felipe Chapman, y sus homólogos de Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras, además de presidentes de bancos centrales y altos funcionarios del área económica.
La agenda contempla discusiones sobre productividad, integración regional, finanzas públicas y adaptación al cambio climático, en un contexto de presiones fiscales y desaceleración en varios países.
También participará el presidente del BID, Ilan Goldfajn, junto a representantes de BID Invest y BID Lab, con el objetivo de articular iniciativas conjuntas entre el sector público y privado.
Las autoridades regionales prevén que este foro sirva para coordinar estrategias comunes, atraer inversión internacional y fortalecer la cooperación financiera, en momentos en que Panamá busca consolidarse como plataforma de diálogo económico y centro logístico del istmo.
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Trump allegedly thanked police for probing Epstein in 2000s, warned Ghislaine Maxwell is ‘evil’: FBI doc

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President Donald Trump allegedly called the Palm Beach, Florida, Police Department in the mid-2000s to thank them for investigating Jeffrey Epstein while simultaneously warning them to stay focused on «evil» Ghislaine Maxwell, according to an FBI document recapping an interview with the local department’s former chief.
«TRUMP called the PBPD (Palm Beach Police Department) to tell him ‘thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,’» reads an FBI document reviewed by Fox News Digital recounting a 2019 interview with former Palm Beach, Florida, Police Chief Michael Reiter.
When approached for comment, however, an official with the Department of Justice pushed back Tuesday that the office was «not aware of any corroborating evidence that the President contacted law enforcement 20 years ago.»
Reiter served as the police chief in Palm Beach, Florida, from 2001 to 2009. Reiter’s name was redacted from the FBI document released by the Department of Justice (DOJ), but confirmed to the Miami Herald that he was interviewed by the FBI in 2019 and that Trump called the police department regarding Epstein in July 2006, according to the outlet.
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President Donald Trump reportedly called the Palm Beach, Florida, Police Department in 2006 to thank them for investigating Jeffrey Epstein. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Reiter and a security and crisis management firm he operates, called Michael Reiter and Associates, Tuesday morning. Reiter declined to comment on the matter.
The FBI document was among the millions of files, photos and emails released by the DOJ following Trump signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act in late 2025. The DOJ released its latest batch of files on Jan. 30.
The Florida police department began investigating Epstein in 2005 after receiving a call that a 14-year-old girl was allegedly molested by the financier, the Miami Herald reported. The call led to police uncovering other similar sexual abuse allegations and pulled Reiter into the investigation, the outlet wrote Monday.
The FBI document recapping Reiter’s reported interview with federal officials continued that Trump allegedly called Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate, «evil» and warned that police should «focus on her.»
«TRUMP told him people in New York knew EPSTEIN was disgusting,» the FBI document continued of the interview with the former police chief. «TRUMP said MAXWELL was EPSTEIN’s operative, ‘she is evil and to focus on her,’ the report continues. «TRUMP told (redacted) that he was around EPSTEIN once when teenagers were present and TRUMP ‘got the hell out of there.’ TRUMP was one of the very first people to call when people found out that they were investigating EPSTEIN.»
Fox News Digital also reached out to the White House on Tuesday morning for comment on the alleged phone call and FBI document.

The Department of Justice released a trove of Epstein documents Dec. 19, 2025, following President Donald Trump’s signature on the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025. (Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
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Trump long has maintained that while he did at a time brush elbows with Epstein, he «threw him out» of his Mar-a-Lago resort back in the 2000s as details of his web of sex trafficking and pedophilia circulated.
Reiter’s interview with the FBI also backed up Trump’s longstanding comments that he ended any ties to Epstein in the early 2000s.
«Mar-A-Lago is a mixture of everyone,» the FBI document reads. «DONALD TRUMP told (redacted) that he threw EPSTEIN out of his club.»

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was a well-connected financier with a lengthy Rolodex of billionaires and celebrities who floated in and out of his orbit across the years. (Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Epstein was a well-connected financier with a lengthy Rolodex of billionaires and celebrities who floated in and out of his orbit across the years. He was convicted of sex trafficking minors in 2008 and served just more than one year of incarceration, which also included a controversial work-release arrangement under a plea agreement.
He was arrested again in 2019 on charges of sex trafficking before he was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell by suicide.

Jeffrey Epstein was seen in a handful of personal images in the second data set released by the DOJ on Dec. 19, 2025, including on boats and near helicopters. (Department of Justice)
Reiter’s interview with the FBI was held just two months after Epstein’s death, according to the Miami Herald.
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Trump signed legislation in November 2025 that required the Justice Department to release files related to the late convicted sex offender, with the DOJ releasing tranches of the documents since December 2025.
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15 arrested on suspicion of allegedly spreading ISIS propaganda on TikTok

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Fifteen people were arrested in Europe on Tuesday for allegedly spreading Islamic State terrorist group propaganda over TikTok, a report said.
The suspects, whose ages ranged from 16 to 53, were taken into custody in raids across the Netherlands, according to Reuters.
The news agency cited Dutch prosecutors as saying the suspects were detained on suspicion of spreading propaganda from ISIS on TikTok and trying to persuade people to carry out terrorist attacks.
The arrests were sparked by a TikTok account that spread large amounts of ISIS propaganda with Dutch subtitles, the prosecutors reportedly added.
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A masked Islamic State fighter poses holding the ISIS flag in 2015. (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Thirteen of those arrested were Syrian and four had Dutch nationality, suggesting that some of the suspects were dual nationals, Reuters reported.
TikTok did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
The arrests come as the U.S. military remains active in Syria against ISIS.
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The suspects were accused of spreading ISIS propaganda over TikTok. (Fox News)
U.S. Central Command announced last Wednesday that it carried out five strikes against «multiple» Islamic State targets in recent days as part of a joint military effort to «ensure the enduring defeat of the terrorist network.»
CENTCOM said, from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, its forces «located and destroyed an ISIS communication site, critical logistics node, and weapons storage facilities with 50 precision munitions delivered by fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and unmanned aircraft.»
«Striking these targets demonstrates our continued focus and resolve for preventing an ISIS resurgence in Syria,» Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of CENTCOM, said in a statement.

U.S. airmen prepare to load GBU-31 munition systems onto F-15E Strike Eagles within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, on Dec. 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Reuters)
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CENTCOM said it launched the Operation Hawkeye Strike mission in response to a Dec. 13, 2025, ISIS «ambush» attack against U.S. and Syrian forces in Palmyra, Syria.
That attack left two U.S. service members and an American interpreter dead.
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