The forests are alive and they are sacred
2017 Junio Panamá
A document titled “Management Plan for the Community Forests of Cerro Flores, Cerro Congo and Llano Seblés” prepared by the Ngäbe residents of those...

Reflections from the Ngäbe-Buglé region: Food security or food sovereignty?
2014 Noviembre Panamá
Years ago, a strong and healthy Ngäbe man told me he was raised on a diet of frogs’ legs. That surprised me because we associate frog’s legs with fine...

Notes on the Ngabe culture
2012 Julio Panamá
In the last three years Panama’s Ngabe people have leapt onto the international stage due to unpleasant circumstances. People have tried to impose mining...

“Non-histories” of the Ngäbe and the Buglé
2012 Marzo Panamá
In his homage to the famed Howard Zinn, among so many other things author of A People’s History of the United States, Noam Chomsky speaks about “non-history”...

They’re Threatening Us with “Open Inferno” Mining
2011 Abril Panamá
In 1979, Daniel Núñez, bishop of Panama’s David diocese, wrote: “The children play outside with smiling faces, despite the worms and malnutrition. Their...

The Centennial Stewpot
2004 Enero Panamá
Last year, Panama celebrated the centennial of its November 3, 1903, separation from Colombia with a proliferation of activities. How can we evaluate...

The "Bull" is in the Ring, Full of Promises
1994 Octubre Panamá
"I invoke the protection of God to guide my presidential administration, to help me get to the heart of the nation's problems, so that every day my identification...

Oligarchy Displaced? Power to the People?
1994 Julio Panamá
"Neither the military nor militarism will return," declared Ernesto Pérez Balladares, President elect of Panama, at 11 pm on election day, May 8. By...

The Electoral Post is Boiling
1994 Febrero Panamá
How does an electoral campaign resemble a pot of boiling water with maracas, horns, a women's shoe, a tie, a cross, a star and a rooster? Maybe it resembles...