Panama

Closing the Darién Gap with a barbed-wire fence

July 12, 2024Immigration

Panama has started to build a barbed-wire fence in the Darien jungle between South and Central America. The goal is to stop migrants from reaching the US. But by blocking the trails most frequently used by the migrants, the fence could reroute people on their journeys, pushing them to take dangerous detours.

Panama has relocated islanders affected by rising sea levels — and says many more villages also need to be moved

July 1, 2024Climate Change

Sampling sancocho at Panama City's "El Trapiche"

Panamanians go ga-ga for a chicken stew called Sancocho

May 28, 2014Lifestyle & Belief

Old-School Panamanian Reggae Run-Down

April 21, 2014

Old-School Panamanian Reggae Run-Down

April 21, 2014

SS Kroonland is seen on 2 February 1915 at the Culebra Cut while transiting the Panama Canal. Kroonland was the largest passenger ship to that time to transit the canal.

The Big Canal

January 10, 2014Business, Economics and Jobs

A century ago, American engineers embarked on what was then the greatest building project in history. It took 10 years and 75,000 men to construct.