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Boquete - The Rest of Week One

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September 25th 2011
The Week Continues... On Wednesday we had the morning off because the school was closed for some reason, but went to Casa Esperanza in the afternoon to do some art projects. We brought some black and white outlines of pictures for them to color in and made a long chain out of construction paper which they had a lot of fun with. On Thursday we had our first day at the school. It is a bit fa ... read more

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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