Political analyst · Founder of Bisagra · Panama
Daniel Lopera de la Torre
DLT, 2026Born in Medellín, 1989.
Daniel Lopera de la Torre is a Panamanian political analyst and the founder of Bisagra (2026), a firm that monitors Panama's National Assembly, the executive branch and regulators for companies, business associations and international organizations. He has briefed embassies, chambers of commerce and business associations in Panama on the country's political outlook.
He began in political satire with El Ñeque Noticias, then served as Director of Communications and Transparency in the office of independent Assembly member Ana Matilde Gómez (2017 to 2018), where the office became the first to publicly identify its staff on the Assembly payroll. He was executive director of MOVIN, a civic movement supporting independent candidates (2018 to 2023), co-founded and led the investigative digital outlet Foco Panamá (2019 to January 2026), and wrote an opinion column for La Prensa (2018 to 2024).
With the regional CLIP journalism alliance he worked on the investigations "Tras los pasos de Meco" (2022) and "Los ilusionistas" (2024). He is a Global Competitiveness Leadership Fellow of Georgetown University (2017) and a member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders. He holds a degree in Digital Cinema from Lindenwood University.
Talks are available in English and Spanish, on Panama's National Assembly, political risk, AI in political analysis, and journalism. Contact: daniel@bisagrapanama.com