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Thousands of people used to cross the Darién Gap every day. Emerging from the rainforest, they would stop in small towns ...
Darién National Park covers around 575,000 hectares, or 1.42 million acres, of rainforest at Panama’s southern border with ...
Panama has suspended constitutional protections for five days in its northwestern Bocas del Toro province after two months of ...
This investigative podcast series takes listeners across Latin America to the scenes of some of the region’s most devastating ...
Panama’s name is Indigenous in origin and is thought to mean an ‘abundance of fish, trees and butterflies’ — the country has more species of birds and plants than Canada and the US combined.
Panama has seen a national strike against privatization, mega-mining, and US imperialism. It is the country’s third period of ...
When Science Finds a Way, a podcast from Wellcome, uncovers inspiring stories of scientific innovation and community collaboration ...
After more than fifty days, some struggles have won new rights; while the government launches a security operation called ...
Gamboa is a place that offers a true escape from the fast pace of city life. “Gamboa is a timeless town. It feels like it was ...
A strike by truckers of the National Front of Heavy Cargo Drivers and other logistics unions in Peru met heavy police ...
Panama has declared a state of emergency in western Bocas del Toro province, where antigovernment protesters opposing a pension reform law are accused of setting fire to a baseball stadium and of ...
Some residents, though, are currently choosing to stay in their homes. Residents forced to flee from 'disappearing island' ...