fair ride

February already?

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February 5th 2010
O Hey! Been a couple of weeks since I posted so there's some good stuff to catch up on. First off, last week we had off of class to work on our internships, so I spent a couple days in the city at the Patronato office working with a woman named Danya, then took off for a 3-day tour of really small co-op farms in Veraguas run by campesinos. I was accompanied by Eric, the Veraguas rep for the Patron ... 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