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The news broke in the middle of the afternoon: a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, with its epicenter near Tonosí in southwestern Panama, shook buildings and roads and prompted authorities to inspect the country’s infrastructure. From Caracas, acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced that contact had been established with the Panamanian government and that Venezuela had offered its assistance to coordinate whatever might be needed. The gesture carries particular weight: just a few months earlier, in late June, two consecutive earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck La Guaira, leaving a trail of destruction just a few kilometers from Caracas.

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake centered in southwestern Panama shook the region this Friday, bringing a familiar topic back into focus—one we know from experience in Venezuela: how money, banking, and cryptocurrencies behave when physical infrastructure suddenly grinds to a halt.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake occurred at a depth of just 10 kilometers, with its epicenter near Tonosí, about 239 kilometers from Panama City. In the Panamanian capital, several buildings in the traditional banking district were evacuated as a precaution while people took to the streets.

📊 From Táchira to the global Top 10
Mechanical engineer Linda Estrella del Mar Montilla-Celis was announced by Junior Chamber International (JCI) as one of the ten people recognized in the 2026 Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) program. What matters for the region isn’t only the award: it’s that she is the only Latin American in that group, in a process that began with nominations from 48 countries and regions.
The journey wasn’t short. First, a global Top 30 was filtered, then a group of 20 finalists, and finally the Top 10. The evaluation panel included names such as Alejandra Castillo, JCI’s global president; Ami Dar, founder of Idealist.org; and Shannon Kobran, from the SDG Academy, linked to the United Nations network of sustainable solutions. Public voting also mattered, but as one component within the overall evaluation—not as the sole deciding factor.