Panama Awakes
José Alcoff discusses a new law brought into effect in Panama which circumvents worker rights and environmental considerations.
PANAMA: The Ngabe-Bugle Comarca: Panama’s democracy on the line
Indigenous leaders withdraw their recognition of the national government due to plans to mine the Cerro Colorado mountain. A plan which is likely to cause environmental destruction and contamination of the water supply.
Panama: Martinelli Blinks
The controversial Law 30 that was recently pushed though the legislative process in Panama and then suspended in the light of protests, has finished its 90 day consultative period and has been reissued with some major changes. Eric Jackson reports.
Panama: Clashes as Guaymi protest over copper mining law
Police in Panama have clashed with dozens of indigenous protesters trying to prevent copper mining on their ancestral lands.
Colombian community prepares to sell forest carbon credits
The author writes about an initiative that puts an indigenous community in Colombia at the forefront of the fight against climate change.
Panama: violent repression of indigenous protests
Police use force to end indigenous blockade of Interamerican Highway. Two protestors have been killed.
Sentence against El Universo is upheld
National court upholds sentence against El Universo as its editor, Carlos Pérez, is granted asylum in Panama
Panama City: buses as art
A treasure trove of popular art heads for the scrapheap, as Panama City's famous buses are replaced by more modern and safer vehicles.
Central America: two, three, many Atlantic-Pacific canals
Not only Nicaragua, but Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia and Costa Rica are all promoting 'wet' or 'dry' canal projects to join the two oceans. Chinese money is backing all of them.
Central America’s China Syndrome
The Isthmus is almost the last place on Earth where The People's Republic of China and Taiwan still compete for recognition.