UNHCR

Panama: First indigenous Colombians get refugee status

In a landmark step this week, 42 Colombian asylum seekers became the first ever indigenous people to be recognised as refugees in Panama. The 42 belong to the Wounaan indigenous group who fled ...
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In Panama, an Indigenous-led project rewrites the rules of reforestation

ÑÜRÜM, Panama — Isidrio Hernandez-Ruiz has a soft spot for the bright yellow flowers of the guayacan trumpet tree (Tabebuia guayacan), a native species that blooms across Panama each spring. It’s one ...
El Paso Times

Migrants enriched this Indigenous village in Panama. What happens now that they're gone?

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It is part of a project on reverse migration by Arizona Republic reporter Daniel Gonzalez and El Paso Times visual journalist Omar Ornelas. BAJO ...
insider.si.edu

Working with Indigenous Peoples to Protect Forests in Panama

As the world’s governments, conservation organizations and Indigenous communities struggle to protect forests and fight climate change, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellow Javier Mateo-Vega ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

The First Indigenous Miss Panama

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Rosa Montezuma about being the first indigenous woman to be crowned Miss Panama. The First Indigenous Miss Panama LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Panama is sending its first ...
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Panama's indigenous Guna demand Nike withdraw 'pirated' shoe design

Panama's indigenous Guna community are demanding US sports giant Nike withdraw its latest shoe over its "pirating" of a protected traditional design. Lawyers for the Guna say the special-edition Air ...