Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Understand Panama
The legacy of the expanding Panama Canal struggles for parity and untapped bio-
logical riches.
A never-dull story, from pirates and Spanish conquistadors to dictatorships and
democracy.
A great confluence of cultures, from the cosmopolitan to the traditional.
From salsa icon Rubén Blades to the modern
conquista
of reggaetón, rock and
jazz.
A mirror of Panama's rich identity, from traditional Kuna
molas
(textiles) to the
Congo renaissance.
Panama bursts with fragile diversity, from tropical rainforests to diverse marine
ecosystems.
