2022 in Panama

See also: 2022 in Central America and 2022 in the Caribbean

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See also:	Other events of 2022 Timeline of Panamanian history

The following lists events in the year 2022 in Panama.

Incumbents

• President: Laurentino Cortizo
• Vice President: José Gabriel Carrizo

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Panama

• 17 February – Panama-flagged car carrier MV Felicity Ace is abandoned approximately 90 nautical miles southwest of the Azores following a severe fire on board. The ship's entire 22-man crew safely evacuates using lifeboats.[1]
• 17 March – Panama's maritime authority states that Russia has attacked three Panamanian-flagged civil vessels in the Black Sea since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, causing one of the ships to sink. No deaths have been reported.[2]
• 20 April – The United States signs an agreement with Panama to help stop undocumented immigration.[3]
• 5 July – Panama confirms its first case of monkeypox.[4]
• 12 July – Protesters in Panama continue blocking streets and railways, mainly in Chiriquí and Veraguas Provinces, rejecting the concession by president Laurentino Cortizo of freezing fuel prices.[5]
• 16 July – Protests continue in Panama with road and railways blockades, after protesters rejected president Laurentino Cortizo's concessions.[6]

Deaths

• 7 January – Ruby Moscoso de Young, 80, Panamanian politician, first lady (1999–2004)[7]
• 2 February – Robert Blalack, 73, visual effects artist (Star Wars, RoboCop, The Day After), Oscar winner (1978)[8]
• 3 February – Felipe Virzi, 79, politician and businessman, second vice president (1994–1999)[9]
• 29 August – Rigoberto Riasco, 69, boxer, WBC super bantamweight champion (1976).[10]
• 18 September – Carmen A. Miró, 103, sociologist, statistician, and demographer.

See also

References

1. Korn, Jennifer (2022-02-17). "A cargo ship full of luxury cars is on fire and adrift in the middle of the Atlantic | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
2. "Panama says three ships hit by Russian missiles in Black Sea since start of Ukraine invasion". Reuters. 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
3. "US, Panama sign bilateral agreement on migration cooperation - Blinken". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
4. Espinoza, Tereza (2022-07-05). "Panamá confirma el primer caso de viruela del mono". TVN Panamá (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-21.
5. "Continúan los cierres de vías en diferentes puntos de Chiriquí y Veraguas". www.telemetro.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-21.
6. "Alianza Pueblo Unido Por la Vida anuncia más protestas y pide una sola mesa de diálogo; siguen los cierres de vías en diferentes partes del país | La Prensa Panamá". www.prensa.com (in Spanish). 2022-07-16. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
7. "Fallece Ruby Moscoso, exprimera dama de Panamá". www.prensa.com (in Spanish). 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
8. Barnes, Mike (2022-02-07). "Robert Blalack, Oscar-Winning Visual Effects Artist on 'Star Wars,' Dies at 73". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
9. "Muere el exvicepresidente Felipe 'Pipo' Virzi". TVN Panamá (in Spanish). 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
10. "E' scomparso Rigoberto Riasco, ex campione s.gallo WBC". boxeringweb.net. Retrieved 2022-09-21.