Two crises are converging at the perilous land bridge known as the Darién Gap: the economic and humanitarian disaster underway in South America, and the bitter fight over immigration policy in Washington.
Tag: Panama
In Search of Panama’s Elusive Spider Monkeys
Environmental initiatives in the Azuero Peninsula offer hope for the future of a critically endangered subspecies.
The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon
A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO’s Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is now trying to ban.
U.S. Charges a Suspect in Assassination of Haiti’s President
A former Colombian commando is the first to face U.S. prosecution in the killing of Jovenel Moïse, after agents flew him to Miami from Panama.
Ex-Panama President’s Sons Are Extradited to U.S. After Multicountry Chase
Two sons of the former president Ricardo Martinelli fled the United States by Uber, private jet and an “unknown vessel,” prosecutors said. The second has now been extradited, weeks after his brother.
Eta Moves Over Caribbean, Leaving Devastation in Its Wake
Central American nations talled the displaced and the dead after landslides and flooding. Dozens of people, from Guatemala to Panama, have died.
A Glimpse Inside the Workshops of the World’s Finest Panama Hat Makers
Creamy as silk and costlier than gold, a Montecristi superfino Panama hat is as much a work of art as it is of fashion.
Missives from My Locked-Down Friends, From Siberia to Samarkand
The people I met as the 52 Places Traveler were suddenly just as close as my friends down the street, so I reached out to my global community.
7 Found Dead and 15 in Captivity at Religious Sect in Panama
The victims included six children and a pregnant woman. Members of the sect, like those killed and kidnapped, are from a remote indigenous community on the Caribbean coast.
Firm at Center of Panama Papers Sues Netflix Over ‘The Laundromat’
The law firm, Mossack Fonseca, objects to the way the film portrays them as villains at the center of a web of illegal offshore activities.