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Guna Yala is Panama’s indigenous Caribbean territory, a long coastal strip and an archipelago of low islands where El Porvenir serves as a compact island gateway near the western edge of the comarca.
News Panama » Guna Yala » Life: Guna Yala and El Porvenir on Panama’s Caribbean edge
The comarca’s modern history is tied to the Guna Revolution of 1925, when the Guna resisted outside pressure on their communities and customs. That conflict became a turning point in the relationship ...
News Panama » Guna Yala » Life: In Panama, Indigenous Guna prepare for climate exodus from a second island home
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The island of Uggubseni, located in Panama’s Guna Yala provincial-level Indigenous region, spent the month of February participating in region-wide ...
News Panama » Guna Yala » Life: 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 » Life: Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels
GARDI SUGDUB, Panama — On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who have grown up on ...
News Panama » Guna Yala » Life: Climate change is pushing an Indigenous community in Panama off their island home
On a tiny island off the coast of Panama, about 1,200 Indigenous locals known as the Guna people are waiting to leave. The island, which is called Carti Sugtupu, is over the size of four football ...