Farmer

April 8

---

April 4th 2008
The rainy season is begining.... Today huge black clouds rolled across the sky and fat drops of water spewed forth, for about 10 minutes... and then everything was still and hot again. The rainy season in Panama is dangerous... Flash floods, diease, bugs, etc.. I watched on TV, that 10 people of died of Dengue in Brazille. The Dengue virus or :breakbone feaver: is a nasty diease carried by mosquit ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama

---

With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal ... ... read more