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UGGUBSENI and ISBERYALA, Guna Yala, Panama — “Our ancestors fought for this land,” says Jair Goporas, 21. He leans forwards into the dim glow of a bare bulb, his eyes shining from a face streaked with ...
News Panama » Guna Yala » Economy: Panama Completes First Climate-Related Relocation
Today, the Guna Indigenous people living on the tiny, overcrowded, and flood-prone island of Gardi Sugdub in Panama will finally be given keys to their long-awaited new homes on the mainland.
News Panama » Guna Yala » Economy: Defying the sun: Working for the Inclusion of Children with Albinism
Surrounded by pristine waters, the Félix Estéban Oller High School is located on Nargana Island, also known as Yandup, which belongs to the Guna Yala Comarca. This school accommodates more than 300 ...
News Panama » Guna Yala » Economy: 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 » Economy: 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 » Economy: In Panama, Indigenous Guna prepare for climate exodus from a second island home
The island of Uggubseni, located in Panama’s Guna Yala provincial-level Indigenous region, spent the month of February participating in region-wide celebrations to mark the centenary of a revolution ...