(Costa Rica News) Panama President Ricardo Martinelli, said while visiting Paris that Latin America is a “land of opportunity” and asked other leaders in the region who, like him, traveling to Europe to promote their countries and not miss opportunities to focus on their domestic markets. “Latin America is a land of opportunity and I have come to Europe to promote Panama,” … [Read more...]

(Allatsea.net) Portobelo is a sleepy town on Panama’s northern coast that is shrouded in superstition, veiled in speculation and runs deep with historical significance. The docile town of today belies the notable past it once held. Portobelo, meaning beautiful port, due to its natural beauty, was discovered and named by Christopher Columbus in 1502, and founded in 1597 by … [Read more...]

(Fresh Plaza) The plantain production is in danger. Two years ago the floods in the regions where it is produced affected the plantations and, after the loss of production in the district of Baru and in the province of Bocas del Toro, consumer prices have had significant increases. For Leonardo Marcelino, plantain project manager of the Agricultural Research Institute of … [Read more...]

(The Guardian) A few years ago, Mario Degaiza worked in construction in Panama City, where he learned Spanish and, for a while, was excited by the hustle and the bustle of urban life. But the 36-year-old Embera Indian says he is far happier now he has returned to his home village of Marraganti and the tropical forest that surrounds it. "The forest is our mother," he says … [Read more...]

(Vancouver Sun) Though I was lying prone on a beach chair, piña colada in hand, the earnest young man holding the brochure for his tour company now had my full attention. My wife Fionna who had initiated the conversation was standing beside him, having just returned from a swim in the azure blue ocean stretched before me. Our two children, Maya, 8 and Liam, 6, were of course … [Read more...]