You Need a Canoe to Reach This Lunch in Panama


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The Pan-American Highway is less a road than a 30,000-mile-long spiderweb. Its threads run through 14 countries, from the United States to Argentina. But there’s a 100-mile chunk missing through the border of Panama and Colombia; here, the mountainous jungle terrain is too rugged to be paved. There is ongoing consideration to build one—connecting Yaviza, […]

June 5, 2017

Cruisin the Caribbean – Part 1


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Ok, this Saturday and we are pulling into Cartagena, our second trip to Colombia after Medellin in December.  This time we are cruising, having left the Port of Colon on the Caribbean side of Panama.  I am seeing images of an old, but cool movie Romancing the Stone in my head just thinking about it. […]

June 5, 2017

Ayn Rand: Doomed Companies


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“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion–when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing–when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors–when you see that men get richer by graft and […]

May 30, 2017

Manuel Noriega, former dictator of Panama, dead at 83


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Bijan Hosseini and Joel Williams report of Noriega’s life and death at CNN. Manuel Noriega, the former Panamanian dictator and convicted drug trafficker who was once one of Central America’s most notorious military strongmen, has died, according to a tweet by Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela on his verified Twitter account. Noriega, 83, had undergone surgery […]

May 30, 2017

An Entire Country Lists Itself on Airbnb


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Here is a country that is on my bucket list. Sweden regularly ranks among the world’s happiest countries, and its new partnership with Airbnb hints at a key reason why: it’s beautiful, and that natural beauty is accessible to all. Really, to all, especially now that Sweden has put the whole country up on Airbnb, […]

May 29, 2017

Panama cuts stays for Colombians, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans


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  Panama says it’s halving the maximum time for tourism visits by people from Colombia, Venezuela and Nicaragua to 90 days. President Juan Carlos Varela’s announcement of the plan Friday comes amid concerns that many visitors have been staying on in Panama after coming as tourists. Panama will also seek to verify that people seeking […]

May 29, 2017

Island Home in the Gulf of Panama Hitting Auction Block


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For those searching for the seclusion of an island but quick access to city life, Hacienda La Perla on Isla Contadora off the coast of Panama could be just the place. The eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom abode is being offered without reserve in an auction by Concierge Auctions on Wednesday. The current listing price is $3.95 million. […]

May 29, 2017