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As Panama Canal dam project looms, communities face up to floods

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Authorities’ plans for a new reservoir to guarantee water for the canal will submerge villages along the Indio River, where residents voice anger over...

Panama’s National Strike

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Translated from Spanish by Mike Gatehouse. The article was originally published on RadioTemblor. You can read the original here. What lies behind the stoppage paralysing...

Panama: 300 Indigenous Guna families relocated amid rising sea levels 

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A community of Indigenous Guna people were relocated from their island of Gardí Sugdub in the Caribbean Sea to a new mainland settlement. They are the first island community to be recognized by the government as victims of forced displacement driven by climate change. 

TikTokers of the Darien Gap

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The jungle connecting Colombia to Panama is the scene of one of the most urgent migrant crises in the world. This video report from 070 concentrates on migrant 'influencers' who are documenting the Darien Gap crossing on TikTok, a short-form video social media app, and creating travel guides for those who risk the crossing.

The Empty Streets – LAB Newsletter 21 April 2020

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21 April 2020 LAB has just published our first true photo-story: São Paulo – the streets under social isolation a collaboration between sociologist Fraya Frehse...

Gendered quarantine leaves trans people vulnerable

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Gender-based movement restrictions came into effect in Bogotá this Monday (13 April), permitting men and women to go out for essential trips on...

BNDES 3: The Bank for the Four Sisters

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The rise of the Brazil's giant construction companies is intimately linked to power, corruption and bank loans

Central America: Cuban migrants stuck in limbo

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Thousands of Cuban migrants trying to reach the United States through Central America have found themselves stranded as countries close their borders to them.

Ayotzinapa is not a Mexican problem

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An open letter from Panamanian singer Rubén Blades calls for an international crusade to end corruption and abuse.

Nicaragua: Route 4 chosen for the Grand Canal

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Route 4, from Rivas to Punta Gorda, is the lead candidate for the new interoceanic Grand Canal.

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