2023 in Panama explained

The following lists events in the year 2023 in Panama.

Incumbents

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

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Panama

• 15 February – Gualaca bus crash: At least 39 illegal immigrants are killed in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, when their bus, intended to be driven to the United States, falls off a cliff.^[1]
• 3 September – Panamanian professional footballer Gilberto Hernández is shot dead and seven others are wounded by gunmen in Colón.^[2]
• 8 November - A 77-year-old man with Dual American-Panamanian citizenship shoots and kills two people protesting a mining contract in front of news cameras.^[3]

Sports

• Scheduled October / November – Panama at the 2023 Pan American Games

Deaths

• 1 February – Lucy Quintero, folk singer (born 1948).^[4]
• 3 September – Gilberto Hernández, footballer (born 1997).^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Moreno . Elida . 2023-02-15 . At least 39 migrants die in bus crash off Panama cliff . en . Reuters . 2023-02-15.
2. News: 2023-09-04 . Gilberto Hernández: Panama national team footballer killed by gunmen . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-09-05.
3. News: 2023-11-08 . Protests against copper mine deal turn deadly in Panama. . en . CNN. 2023-11-08.
4. Web site: Fallece Lucy Quintero, La Perla Negra de Monagrillo . telemetro.com . 2 February 2023 . es . 8 February 2023.
5. Web site: Fallece en medio de una balacera en Colón el jugador del CAI Gilberto Hernández. 3 September 2023. La Prensa.