(LinguaFranca) The history of Panama is closely related to the immigration of African descendants from the Caribbean islands of Jamaica, Barbados, Martinique and others. This physically strong ethnic group was largely responsible for the construction of the Panama Railroad in 1855 and the construction of the Panama Canal in 1914. Photograph of the large sign in English … [Read more...]
Peru and Panama will play friendly on February 8
(Prensa.com) The meeting between the two teams was agreed after the cancellation of which was scheduled for Feb. 9 against Paraguay Guarani's refusal to play away from Lima. The FPF reported at the time that a commitment to open, with that commitment, modernization work on the stage of Moquegua. The meeting will also be a rematch of which Panama won 1-0 to Peru, on 12 … [Read more...]
Boquete is blooming with start of Festival of Flowers and Coffee
(Midario.com) The season of fairs and festivals of 2011 begins today with the opening of the XXXIX version of the Festival of Flowers and Coffee, in the cool and fertile lands of Boquete. There, foreign and domestic promises to enchant all visitors who arrive at this place, with its many exhibitions and curious crafts, combined with the richness of the landscape. This … [Read more...]
Astros Manager Mills Visits Carlos “El Caballo” Lee Panama
(PanamaDigest) Astros manager Brad Mills visited Carlos Lee, the Houston baseball team’s highest paid player, in Panama this week to get to know him a little better. Lee took his manager on a tour of his cattle ranches and the local baseball fields in Aguadulce after breakfast on Wednesday. The two then had dinner that at the Miraflores Restaurant overlooking the Panama … [Read more...]
Panning For Gold In Panama
(npr.org) She mined that gold herself Sara Taylor is a Peace Corps volunteer based in Panama. She wrote to us after listening to our first gold podcast. ...In "ancient" times, so say my elder village members, the Embera tribe panned for gold in the rivers and found it extremely plentiful. So plentiful in fact that it had very little monetary value to them and … [Read more...]