The Vice-President of the Republic of Guatemala, H.E. Karin Herrera Aguilar, visited Panama with the aim of strengthening bilateral cooperation and advancing the use of satellite technology to address environmental and development challenges. During her stay, the Vice-President met with
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On 22 September 2025, the city of Antigua, Guatemala, was the scene of an important milestone for bi-regional cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): the Copernicus Policy Dialogue on Earth Observation for Disaster
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The CopernicusLAC Panama Centre successfully concluded its online training on Earth Observation (EO) for environmental protection and forest management on Friday, 26 September 2025. The five-day course, held from 22 to 26 September, brought together more than 200 participants from
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The CopernicusLAC Centre has reached a major milestone in the development of its Earth Observation (EO) Services: the development of four additional services has been completed and are now fully operational and available for demonstration on the CopernicusLAC platform. Three
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As part of its activities to increase the uptake of free and open Earth Observation (EO) data from Copernicus across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre launched an ambitious training programme in 2024. These activities were
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On World Humanitarian Day 2025, the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre joins the global community in honouring humanitarian workers and organisations which dedicate their efforts to protecting lives and supporting vulnerable communities. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) face a complex humanitarian
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The CopernicusLAC Panama Centre will host its next training online between 22 and 26 September 2025. The training will consist of two modules covering the topics “Earth Observation for environmental protection” and “Earth Observation for forest management”. These natural ecosystems
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The 2025 CopernicusLAC Panama Centre Hackathon saw more than 300 participants from 30 countries divided into 53 teams take part. $8,000 in prizes were awarded among the winning teams. Panama City, 6 August 2025. The CopernicusLAC Panama Centre and the
Read morePanama City, 18 July 2025. The CopernicusLAC Panama Centre kicked off its second online Hackathon focused on Copernicus Earth Observation (EO) data for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Co-organised by the Latin American and
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Mexico City, 7 July 2025. The CopernicusLAC Panama Centre, on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) and in close collaboration with the National Centre for Disaster Prevention of Mexico (CENAPRED) and the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico,
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