Panama faces highway battle

Panama’s Ministry of Public Works and the Italian construction company Astaldi are digging in for what could be a protracted battle as they accuse each other of the delay in completing the $89 million four-lane extension of the Omar Torrijos highway

As environmentalists and concern view the uncompleted work and hectares od forest devastation The tone of the communications between the ministry and Astaldi is heating up, Newsroom Panama reports.