(Al Jazeera) The border between Panama and Colombia is perplexingly unique. It's the meeting point of two countries and two continents - North and South America - with long, connected histories of trade and migration. Yet it's one of the only international frontiers without a pliable road across it. The 225km boundary, stretching from the Caribbean coast through dense … [Read more...]

(Huffington Post) On the golden coast of Panama's Azuero Peninsula sits the town of Pedasi, large enough so you could actually live there yet small enough to make you feel like an active stakeholder in a thriving community. Pedasi is the kind of small town where locals leave their doors wide open to the street and sit outside in oversized wooden rocking chairs, enjoying the … [Read more...]

(CCTV) A 2014 Gallup global poll called Panama the happiest place on the planet, but does it live up to the title? The Central American nation has experienced unprecedented growth and development in the past several years. The unemployment rate is the lowest it’s ever been thanks to a spike in foreign investment and a boom in construction that has transformed Panama City’s … [Read more...]

(NPR) Panama, like its Central American neighbors, is struggling with a rise in gangs. A recent census by the country's security forces put the number of criminal organizations operating in Panama now at about 200. One neighborhood, in the capital's historic district, is taking on its gang problem with a group of strange bedfellows. First, meet K.C. Hardin. "I moved to … [Read more...]