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The bigger the brain, the better we are at finding fruit. But is that true? A new study on wild primates refutes this idea.
Migrants wade through the Tuquesa River as they traverse the Darien Gap.
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More than half a million people made the treacherous crossing in 2023 – far higher than in previous years.
Planting trees on deforested lands in Panama.
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It might seem counterintuitive to suggest timber harvesting when the goal is to restore forests, but that gives landholders the economic incentive to protect and manage forests over time.
Migrants heading north arrive in Panama on Oct. 6, 2023, after walking across the 100-kilometre stretch of treacherous jungle shared by Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap.
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Migrants who cross the treacherous Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia often experience violence and abuse, extortion or detention by migration authorities.
President Biden meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on arriving in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18.
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Until 1906, no US president had ever traveled abroad in office. Then Teddy Roosevelt demonstrated the power of showing up.
Jimmy Carter answered reporters’ election-monitoring questions in Caracas, Venezuela, May 29, 2004.
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A former staffer with The Carter Center saw how Jimmy Carter’s efforts to bring democracy to Latin America improved conditions, prevented bloodshed and saved lives.
What’s inside the box?
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The latest instalment of leaks about the super-rich using offshore tax havens to hide their wealth has been published.
Sabre-tooth tiger Smilodon meets the South American marsupial, Thylacosmilus . This is a classic image of supposedly ‘superior northerners’ outcompeting ‘inferior southerners’, but such meetings actually rarely happened as many of the southern species had already gone extinct.
'The rise of Smilodon', Hodari Nundu
Why were mammals travelling south through newly-formed Panama so much more successful than those heading north?
A yellow fever ward in Havana in 1899.
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Will the COVID-19 pandemic change the global balance of power? It wouldn’t be the first time.
Some tropical frogs may be developing resistance to a fungus that has devastated species like Atelopus varius , the variable harlequin frog.
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A look at new research published in 2018 on fossa, deepsea corals and tropical frogs developing resistance to a deadly fungus.
Panama Canal construction in 1913 showing workers drilling holes for dynamite in bedrock, as they cut through the mountains of the Isthmus. Steam shovels in the background move the rubble to railroad cars.
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The Panama Canal was a tremendous achievement by the U.S. and a display of their power and abilities. However, the health costs to the mostly Caribbean contract workers was enormous.
Workers wash freshly harvested bananas on a banana plantation near Parrita, Costa Rica.
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While Costa Ricans pride their country for being an oasis of stability in Latin America, the nation has struggled with restrictive laws and social attitudes toward immigrants from Nicaragua.
Wealth inequality is a bigger challenge than income inequality in South Africa.
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When South African inequality is discussed, the focus tends to be on income brackets. But the main problem is wealth inequality
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The canal was under US control for nearly a century and was only recognised as Panamanian on New Year’s Eve 1999.
A Chinese ship makes the first commercial trip through the newly expanded Panama Canal.
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The Panama Canal just celebrated the opening of its new expansion, which incorporates several engineering marvels to allow it to finally support the super-sized cargo ships that dominate shipping.
Panama City, Panama. The gleaming metropolis reflects a rapid economic growth with a marginal national investment in research and development.
Carlos A. Donado Morcillo
In the midst of a rapidly growing economy, research budget shortcomings threaten a young scientific community that struggles to stay afloat.
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Closing the passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans strengthened the gulf stream and helped kick off ice ages.
Lest we forget: Omar Torrijos’s mausoleum.
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The junta that governed Panama from 1968 to 1989 was hardly Latin America’s deadliest. But that doesn’t mean it was benign.
The failed Darien venture is regarded as one of the greatest catastrophes in Scottish history.
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Panama is no stranger to financial shenanigans … even in the 17th century.
Panama City.
Lala Rebelo
A global collaboration of journalists has revealed massive offshoring of funds linked to some of the world’s most powerful people, including Vladimir Putin.