Money doesn’t grow on trees, unless you’re a Kuna Yala. For these traditional Indians of the Caribbean coast of Panama, money grows in the form of coconuts, which they harvest for barter. If you have ...

Before the 1980s, coral reefs were considered relatively stable and healthy in Kuna-Yala, Caribbean Panama. However, during the 1980s, several natural disturbances changed the reef's community ...

Kuna Yala, the indigenous name for Kuna land, is a narrow strip of coastline that stretches about 250 miles along Panama's Caribbean coast and borders Colombia. The Kuna Indians live mainly on the San ...

The Kuna, an indigenous group in Panama, set aside an area of the Comarca, their autonomous reserve, for protection of its biodiversity. This project, called PEMASKY, attracted the attention of the ...

Last spring, 11 students from Calvin College flew to Panama to visit a bakery—but not just to try the bread. As members of Calvin’s chapter of Global Business Brigade, the group visited Isla Tigre, an ...

Jesús Smith is sitting at his old wooden desk facing the entrance to his house. He’s hunched over, shirtless, and wearing his chunky reading glasses while writing copious notes by hand — a favorite ...