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Get Blog Posts As EmailsIt’s been ten years since the U.S. turned over control of Panama Canal to the Panamanians…and it’s seems to be working for them. From the Star Telegram: Panama reaping billions from canal PANAMA — The country has made $4.75 billion from the Panama Canal since taking it over a decade ago, more than twice what [...]
Happy Anniversary, Panama!
January 6th, 2010 by FrancesCanal Expansion
October 28th, 2009 by DavidSince its inception, Panama has been known as the crossroads of the western world. As a land-route bottleneck from North and Central America to South America, and with the canal passing through this isthmus, Panama factors into world trade as a crucial point in world economics. As such, Panama has been subjected to the growth [...]
Kuna Yala
September 17th, 2009 by DavidThe San Blas islands, otherwise known as Kuna Yala, are an archipelago of over 350 islands dotting the northeast coastline of Panama. Many of the islands are uninhabited and some are less than an acre in area with just a couple of coconut trees garnishing them in the surrounding Caribbean water. Kuna Yala is inhabited [...]
New Panama President
July 1st, 2009 by JerrodRicardo Martinelli was officially sworn in as the new President of the Republic of Panama today, a departure from the trend toward the extreme-left politics of Latin America that have dominated headlines in the last few years. Martinelli was educated in the US and Costa Rica and has held various government positions in the last [...]
Panama, Not “Central America”
June 29th, 2009 by BenGiven that I live in the United States and have a development project going on in Panama, I get to see alot of reactions from maintream America that reveal peoples’ understanding of Central America’s politics and geography (generally speaking, it is very weak). Yesterday’s coup in Honduras certainly doesn’t do much for the reputation of [...]