The following lists events in the year 2023 in

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

: Laurentino Cortizo *

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is o ...

: José Gabriel Carrizo

Events

Ongoing —

COVID-19 pandemic in Panama The COVID-19 pandemic in Panama is part of the worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Panama on 9 March 2020. One of the dea ...

* 15 February – Gualaca bus crash: At least 39

illegal immigrants Illegal immigration is the migration of people into a country in violation of the immigration laws of that country or the continued residence without the legal right to live in that country. Illegal immigration tends to be financially upwar ...

are killed in Gualaca District,

Chiriquí Province Chiriquí () is a province of Panama located on the western coast; it is the second most developed province in the country, after the Panamá Province. Its capital is the city of David. It has a total area of 6,490.9 km², with a population ...

, when their bus, intended to be driven to the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

, falls off a

cliff In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity. Cliffs are common on ...

. * 3 September – Panamanian

professional footballer Association football is the world's most popular sport and is worth US$600 billion worldwide. By the end of the 20th century it was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries. Around the world, the sport is played at a professi ...

Gilberto Hernández is shot dead and seven others are wounded by gunmen in Colón. * 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.

Sports

* Scheduled October / November –

Panama at the 2023 Pan American Games Panama is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Panama's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games. Baseball player Davis ...

Deaths

*1 February –

Lucy Quintero Lucía Trejos Quintero (4 March 1948 – 1 February 2023), known professionally as Lucy Quintero, was a Panamanian folk singer known for having been the vocalist of Victorio Vergara's typical ensemble Plumas Negras. Biography Quintero was born ...

, folk singer (born 1948). *3 September – Gilberto Hernández, footballer (born 1997).

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{{North America topic, 2023 in 2020s in Panama Years of the 21st century in Panama

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