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Showing posts with label Latin America. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Welcome to Buenaventura, Colombia: Bienvenidos a Buenaventura, Colombia

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For years, 25,000 Afro-Colombian refugees and migrants have lived in a town on stilts over the sea [Oliver Schmieg] On May 22, 200...
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Monday, July 18, 2011

Cristo Negro de Portobelo: The Black Christ of Portobelo, Panama

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"The Black Christ of Portobelo is a powerful influence in Panama," Nobody knows exactly how or when the Black Christ (El ...
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A Cargo Of Black Barbadian Ivory for Panama

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CHAPTER II: A CARGO OF BLACK IVORY ALTHOUGH the outbreak of yellow fever in Barbados was not serious, the quarantine wrecked my plans. I had...
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Working and Dying on the French Panama Canal Construction Project

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Southern Explorations reports: It was exotic. It was exciting. It was lucrative. Young Frenchmen with a rosy view of destinations unknown, ...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Panama Canal

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From Reuters, "Panama Canal's Black Builders Await Due Credit," by Tim Gaynor: Panama City (Reuters) - In the year when the U...
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Saturday, July 16, 2011

The Traditions of the Panamanian Congos

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African slaves in the fierce struggle for freedom against the Spanish Empire (the 'runaways') were also land in the jungle magic Por...
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