FORM 18-K/A
For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 4
to the
ANNUAL REPORT
of
REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
(Name of Registrant)
Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2005
SECURITIES REGISTERED*
(As of the close of the fiscal year)
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| Title of Issue | | Amounts as to which registration is effective | | Names of exchanges on which registered |
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Name and address of person authorized to receive notices
and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission:
Federico Humbert Arias
Ambassador of Panama
Embassy of Panama
2862 McGill Terrace, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
| * | The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis. |
REPUBLIC OF PANAMA (THE “REGISTRANT”)
The sole purpose of this Amendment is to file with the Commission a description of certain recent developments with respect to the Registrant as of June 27, 2006.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this amendment to the annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, at the City of New York, New York, on the 27th day of June, 2006.
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| REPUBLIC OF PANAMA |
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| By | | /s/ Carlos A. Vallarino |
| Name: | | Carlos A. Vallarino |
| Title: | | Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Panama |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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| Exhibit No. | | Page No. |
| A: | | None | | |
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| B: | | None | | |
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| *C: | | Copy of the 2005 Annual Budget of the Republic | | |
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| *D: | | Current Description of the Republic | | |
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| *E: | | Recent developments of the Republic as of November 3, 2005 | | |
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| *F: | | Opinion dated November 29, 2005 of Arnold & Porter LLP | | |
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| *G: | | Opinion dated November 29, 2005 of the Procurador de la Administración | | |
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| *H: | | Recent developments of the Republic as of January 18, 2006 | | |
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| *I: | | Opinion dated January 30, 2006 of Arnold & Porter LLP | | |
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| *J: | | Opinion dated January 30, 2006 of the Procurador de la Administración | | |
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| K: | | Recent developments of the Republic as of June 27, 2006 | | 5 |
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