Panama's boom helps drive Nicaragua canal dreams
Curundu used to be a warren of ramshackle wooden houses and reeking open sewers, one of Panama City's most notorious refuges for street gangs and drug dealers.Full story
Curundu used to be a warren of ramshackle wooden houses and reeking open sewers, one of Panama City's most notorious refuges for street gangs and drug dealers.Full story
A car crash-like collision between tectonic plates offshore of Colombia helps explain the region's unusual geology, a new study finds. Full story
(Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 on Monday struck the border region of the contiguous Central American nations of Panama and Costa Rica, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Full story
A Panama team official pushes Costa Rica's Rodney Wallace away during an argument after their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the National Stadium in San Jose June 18, 2013. Panama's Luis Tejeda is seen on left. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate (COSTA RICA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)
Members of the Panama National Border Police cut parts of a coca plant after a raid at an illegal coca plantation in the Darien area near the Panama-Colombia border June 18, 2013. The border police in conjunction with the Colombian army found two hectares of illegal coca plantation next to a clandes
Members of the Colombian army and Panama's National Border Police give directions to a Panama National Border Police helicopter at the Panama border with Colombia in Darien region, southeast of Panama City June 18, 2013. Both authorities met on Tuesday to announce a new base in central Darien. The b
A member of the Panama National Border Police gives directions near a Colombian army Black Hawk helicopter approaching in the Panama border with Colombia in Darien region, southeast of Panama City June 18, 2013. Panama's National Border Police and the Colombian army met on Tuesday to announce a new