Embera girls in Ipeti

Week 3

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January 17th 2010
Already so much has happened since I last wrote it's hard to remember what we've done. We're really almost never home! This last little while we went on 3 trips and were gone from the city for 7 of the last 10 days, usually without electricity or water. Our first trip was to the city of Chitre in the Cocle region, and the second trip was to the indigenous village of Ipeti-Embera (Embera is the nam ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama City

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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