News Panama » Guna Yala: Panama's indigenous Guna recreate battle to mark anniversary of revolution to defend culture
USTUPU, Panama – With wooden rifles and the explosion of firecrackers, members of Panama's Guna indigenous group re-enacted an uprising by their ancestors against abuses and the repression of their ...
News Panama » Guna Yala: Nike ditches shoe design after Panama’s indigenous Guna protest
US sportswear giant Nike said Tuesday it was withdrawing its latest shoe after Panama's indigenous Guna community accused it of "pirating" a protected traditional design. Lawyers for the Guna said the ...
News Panama » Guna Yala: ‘In 10 years we may cease to exist’: rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island
The Guna community has fought for survival for centuries. But modern threats are testing their cultural resilience In a church built on stilts facing the sea, two 19-year-old American Mormon priests ...
News Panama » Guna Yala: Panama: Key Services Lacking at Climate Relocation Site
The Panamanian government has not provided needed facilities for the Guna Indigenous community to relocate from their flood-prone island to a safer site. If immediate action is not taken, this case ...
News Panama » Guna Yala: On the front line of climate change: how sea level affects these islands in Panama
One of the 365 islands of Guna Yala, Panama. Islanders like to say there is an island for every day of the year, although not all of them are inhabited. According to Dr. Matthew Larsen, former ...
News Panama » Guna Yala: Threatened by rising seas, the first of Panama’s Indigenous islanders are forced to leave
Gardi Sugdub, Panama — On the densely packed island of Gardi Sugdub, off the coast of mainland Panama, colorful houses and wooden huts cover nearly the entire landscape almost up to the water’s edge.
News Panama » Guna Yala: Between the forest and the sea: life and climate change in Guna Yala – Part I
The island-dwelling Guna people of Panama are one of the most sovereign indigenous communities in the world, being endowed with extensive land tenure and self-governance rights. And like many of the ...
News Panama » Guna Yala: Nike ditches shoe design after Panama's indigenous Guna protest
Guna indigenous women from Panama wearing traditional Mola designs at a press conference in Panama City to raise awareness of their intellectual property case against US Sportswear giant Nike (AFP) US ...
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