Country

Panama

Skull on a Stake

Desperation sends a flow of migrants from Cuba, Africa, and Asia on perilous journeys through the Darién Gap.

Tarnished: The True Cost of Gold

On Feb. 14, the Pulitzer Center releases its newest e-book on the environmental and human prices of gold mining. Whether this resource is produced in a way that is fair to all is very much up to us.

Panama: The Priest in the Protest

When protests broke out near the Ngäbe-Buglé semi-autonomous region in 2012, American missionary priest Joe Fitzgerald was forced to assume a role that indigenous people could not.

Panama: Dam Promises or Dam Lies?

Government officials say the construction of a hydroelectric dam in western Panama is necessary to address a national electricity emergency, but local residents say they won’t benefit.