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Panama = Winter 2009

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February 28th 2009
My trip to Panama almost didn't get a blog, but not because it wasn't a-mazing, but because it wasn't over a school break. I took a week off in February from school. The way I remember it was this. Coburn, who at the time was a friend of a friend, said "I'm going to Panama to visit my sister, who wants to come?!" I said "Yes!" I happened to be teaching that year at a DC public school called Murch, ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Bocas Del Toro

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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