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Panamá gana terreno como centro logístico de salud en América Latina
Panamá se está consolidando como un hub logístico-farmacéutico regional en medio de un mercado de salud que en América Latina que superó los $135,980 millones en 2025, según un estudio de EY que identifica al país como uno de los puntos estratégicos en la transformación del sector en Centroamérica y el Caribe.
De acuerdo con el informe, el posicionamiento de Panamá no es casual. El país combina una plataforma logística de alcance global, experiencia en manejo de cadena de frío, conectividad internacional y un entorno regulatorio que ha sido reforzado recientemente con la Ley 419, lo que acelera procesos y facilita la entrada de productos al mercado.
El estudio explica, en términos simples, que Panamá se está volviendo clave porque permite que los medicamentos y equipos médicos lleguen más rápido a distintos países, funcionen como centro de redistribución y reduzcan costos logísticos para las empresas, algo que hoy es crítico en un mundo donde las cadenas de suministro están bajo presión.
Además, el país muestra un crecimiento sostenido en su gasto en salud, que alcanzó los $5,100 millones en 2024, lo que no solo refleja mayor demanda de servicios, sino también oportunidades para inversión privada, innovación tecnológica y expansión de servicios médicos especializados.
El informe destaca que Panamá también se beneficia de un contexto global donde las empresas buscan acercar sus operaciones a mercados estratégicos, un fenómeno conocido como nearshoring, que está llevando a que parte de la producción y distribución de insumos médicos se traslade desde Asia hacia regiones más cercanas a Estados Unidos.
En ese escenario, Panamá no compite por tamaño de mercado, sino por algo más estratégico: su capacidad de conectar, distribuir y operar con eficiencia. Según EY, esto convierte al país en una especie de plataforma regional de salud, donde convergen logística, regulación ágil y demanda creciente.
El estudio también advierte que esta transformación no ocurre aislada, sino en medio de cambios estructurales en la región. Uno de los principales es el envejecimiento de la población, ya que para 2030 una de cada seis personas tendrá más de 60 años, lo que incrementará la demanda de servicios médicos, tratamientos y tecnología sanitaria.
A esto se suma el aumento de enfermedades crónicas y la urbanización, factores que están presionando los sistemas de salud públicos y abriendo espacio para que el sector privado invierta en clínicas, tecnología, telemedicina y modelos híbridos de atención.
Otro punto clave del informe es que la digitalización dejó de ser opcional. Herramientas como la historia clínica digital, la inteligencia artificial y el monitoreo remoto están cambiando la forma en que se presta el servicio de salud, haciendo los sistemas más eficientes y reduciendo costos operativos.
En este contexto, Panamá tiene ventajas adicionales, ya que su infraestructura y conectividad permiten integrar soluciones digitales a escala regional, facilitando la expansión de servicios como la telemedicina y la gestión de datos clínicos.
El informe también identifica oportunidades específicas para el país, como el desarrollo del Pharmaceutical Hub, la expansión de la logística para ensayos clínicos, la distribución de medicamentos y el crecimiento del segmento de salud digital, que está ganando terreno en toda la región.
Más allá de Panamá, el estudio señala que la transformación del sector salud se está dando de forma conjunta en varios países. Costa Rica lidera en manufactura de dispositivos médicos, República Dominicana se posiciona como uno de los principales exportadores del sector, mientras que Guatemala destaca como el mayor mercado farmacéutico de Centroamérica.
En conjunto, estos países están configurando un nuevo corredor estratégico de salud en América Latina, donde cada uno cumple un rol específico dentro de la cadena de valor: producción, distribución, regulación y servicios especializados.
Para EY, la clave del futuro está en la convergencia de tres factores: regulación ágil, uso de datos y financiamiento inteligente, elementos que determinarán qué países liderarán el desarrollo del sector en los próximos años.
En ese escenario, Panamá aparece bien posicionado, pero con un reto claro: aprovechar este momento para consolidar su papel no solo como punto de paso, sino como un centro integral de servicios de salud, innovación y logística en la región.
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Fox News’ Bryan Llenas reports on Democratic socialists winning congressional primaries in New York advocating for radical policies. Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, warn against this leftward shift, labeling the candidates ‘Marxist.’ Voters approved platforms including Medicare-for-all and abolishing ICE, prompting concerns about the Democratic Party’s future.
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The socialist backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani who won Tuesday night’s primary election in New York’s 13th Congressional District founded a group in college that called for the total destruction of the West.
Darializa Avila Chevalier, 32, a Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress who made career out of «community organizing,» wrote in her biography for an opinion piece in independent news outlet The Electronic Intifada that she «helped launch the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign Columbia University Apartheid Divest.»
«We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization,» the group said in a now-deleted 2024 Instagram post.
In May 2024, eight years after she graduated from Columbia, Chevalier was back on campus advocating alongside the group she founded, known as CUAD, wearing a keffiyeh and a t-shirt emblazoned with the group’s name.
Darializa Avila Chevalier, Democratic candidate for Congress in New York’s 13th Congressional District, speaks with a voter in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan on June 14, 2026, in New York, N.Y. (Shuran Huang/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Avila Chevalier was interviewed by the Associated Press at the school’s infamous encampment against Israel that year, which was later broken up by police.
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Only months after that, CUAD, caused a firestorm when it reportedly posted its goal of eradicating Western Civilization.
«We stand in full solidarity with every movement for liberation in the Global South,» the post continued. «Our Intifada is an internationalist one — we are fighting for nothing less than the liberation of all people.»
«We reject every genocidal, eugenicist regime that seeks to undermine the personhood of the colonized,» the group added.
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Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks during a Get Out the Vote rally at King’s Theater in New York City on June 18, 2026. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned alongside her and other candidates ahead of the Democratic primary and early voting. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Columbia University has roundly denounced CUAD, and says it is not affiliated in any way with the school.
Avila Chevalier was born in Florida to Dominican immigrants. She converted to Islam in recent years.
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The surfacing of her affiliation with the group has sparked intense online backlash, including from elected Democrats.
«Anti-Israel. Anti-America. Anti-Western Civilization. Why am I the only Democrat in the U.S. Senate that refuses to excuse this or defend any of those self-identified communists?» Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said on X Wednesday evening.
Darializa Avila Chevalier, Democratic candidate for Congress in New York’s 13th Congressional District, speaks with voter Maria Rodriguez in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan on June 14, 2026. (Shuran Huang/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Avila Chevalier also infamously expressed anti-white women and anti-American sentiments in deleted social media posts, one time calling her home country «a f—ing disgrace.»
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«I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me,» she said in another deleted post.
«This lady founded an organization with a stated goal of Eradicating Western civilization, & a bunch of rich white progressives who know she means them, said ‘please do,’» X personality Sean Fitzgerald said.
Congressional candidates Claire Valdez, left, Brad Lander, second from left, and Darializa Avila Chevalier, right, raise their hands with Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a Get Out the Vote rally in New York City on June 18, 2026. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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«The real ‘country over party’ test isn’t going to be about Trump,» said RealClearInvestigations writer Mark Hemingway. «It’s going to be over communist Congress members who literally say they want to eradicate Western civilization.»
In a deeply blue district, Avila Chevalier is likely to waltz her way into Congress in November.
Fox News Digital reached out to Avila Chevalier’s campaign.
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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., was immediately reminded of how he served his 9-month pregnant wife with divorce papers in 2016 as he now attempts to fend off campaign finance scrutiny with family-friendly characterizations.
«My daughter Isla was born right in the middle of my Senate campaign. One of the most competitive races in the country. And instead of staying out there campaigning, I took two months off,» Gallego said in a video he posted on social media.
«My wife had just been through an unplanned C-section. I wanted to be there for her, and for our newborn because being a husband and a father matters more to me than any campaign, or any job,» he continued.
Conservatives and a former Jill Biden spokesperson quickly fired back on his portrayal, which comes amid a whirlwind of questions around whether he used donor cash as a personal slush fund, and comes as Gallego is reportedly eyeing a presidential 2028 bid.
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«He’s either terribly arrogant or has zero self awareness,» White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said on X. «Probably both. And who’s running his comms operation that thought this post would go over well?
«Just unbelievably bad instincts to post this given what everybody knows about his history. The ratio was entirely predictable and now even more people will learn about his behavior,» GOP consultant Matt Wolking said on X.
«Do you think people are unaware that you left your first wife when she was about to deliver your baby?» Matt Whitlock, a former adviser to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said on X.
The campaign account for Kari Lake, once a Republican challenger to Gallego, also fired back.
«To clarify: this child is from your second marriage, after you left your first wife nine months pregnant to be with your lobbyist mistress — correct?» the account said in a post.
Gallego’s controversial divorce was exposed after the Washington Free Beacon spent almost a year in court to get his divorce records unsealed. Court records reveal that Gallego’s then-wife was «likely to give birth any day» when he served the divorce papers.
«You literally gave your wife divorce papers when she was 9 months pregnant. You think people are just not gonna call you on that???» Matt Van Swol, a former nuclear scientist at the Department of Energy, said on X.
Katie Miller, the wife of White House policy advisor Stephen Miller, also chimed in.
«Ruben Gallego served his wife divorce papers when she was nine months pregnant. He then entered into a relationship with a 25-year-old lobbyist,» Miller said.
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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., walks out of the Senate Chamber in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2025, after two opposing health care bills intended to curb rising premiums failed. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Shortly after Fox News Digital reached out to Gallego’s office Wednesday, Gallego’s current wife, Sydney Gallego, told Miller on X to «Check your facts.»
«Ruben & I didn’t even meet until years later. Our whole family has a strong relationship. Wish I was surprised that Katie Miller’s lying about us. But these are the same sick people who want ICE ripping families apart. It’s not about family at all.»
«Thanks Katie for providing that clarification that Ruben and I met over a year and a half after his divorce, not while he was still married. Maybe once and for all the lies about the origin of our relationship will subside. Appreciate your help making that happen,» Gallego’s wife wrote in a separate post.
In addition to conservatives, former Jill Biden spokesperson Michael Larosa ripped Gallego on X.
«Yes, Ruben Gallego was so vital to his wife’s maternal health that when she was pregnant, he didn’t take time off to support her—he served her with divorce papers ahead of delivery,» he said. «What man doesn’t do that to improve his wife’s recovery?»
Gallego has fended off allegations of donor-funded travel and luxury purchases by arguing that he is a regular parent who sometimes brings his kids and family to fundraising functions.
«Are these at nice venues? Yes, it’s where the donors are and it’s part of campaigning,» Gallego wrote online on Monday.
But observers noted that recent reporting from Politico suggested Gallego used campaign funds for family travel, Disneyland and Super Bowl tickets — items that don’t seem to fall neatly under campaign activities.
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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., talks to reporters as he heads for a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Jun. 1, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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«The Super Bowl was in Arizona, I represent Arizona,» Gallego told Fox News Digital. «We threw a Super Bowl fundraiser in Arizona where we raised money for my election in 2023. That’s what you do.»
«You have to go where the money is to raise money,» Gallego added.
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