Ikotpu Island - View of Fishermen and the MVVG

Ikotpu Island, San Blas Islands, Panama

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January 19th 2008
The archipelago de San Blas is located in the northwest of Panama facing towards the Caribbean Sea. San Blas is an autonomous territory in Panama formally called Guna Yala. There are 378 islands within the archipelago and they are scattered around in an area of about 100 square miles. If you leave the Golfo de San Blas by boat you will enter the Caribbean Sea. The majority of the 378 islands have ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama

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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