Chiriqui Province

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Panama Invites Travelers to Experience the Destination’s Heritage

Rutland Herald 08 Apr 2021

Chiriqui is a province in western Panama bordering Costa Rica and the Pacific Ocean. In the northern Chiriqui Highlands is Baru Volcano National Park, named after the volcano that's Panama's highest peak ... Gulf of Chiriqui ... Originally from the Darien Province, the Embera people have been living at the Chagres National Park area for the past 50 years.

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Enel breaks ground on 31-MW solar plant in Panama

Renewables Now 07 Apr 2021

Italy's Enel SpA (BIT.ENEL) has commenced construction of a 30.88-MW solar park in Panama's province of Chiriqui.

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Peace Corps: 'The toughest job you’ll ever love'

The Paducah Sun 27 Mar 2021

On Jan. 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered his inaugural address that included some of his most famous words, and presented a challenge to the American people. "Ask not what your country can do for you ... "I had a great experience ... After training, Faulkner was first assigned to the Chiriqui Province in western Panama in Central America ... .

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Costa Rica’s Ngobe Bugle people, a story of migration, cultural preservation

La Prensa Latina 24 Mar 2021

By Douglas Marin ... The Ngobe Bugle people spread out from the Panamanian province of Chiriqui to the Costa Rican provinces of Puntarenas and Limon, and they have a long history of moving among these territories since before the current borders were established ... We’ve gotten a part of the teachers to be indigenous,” she said ... Tags ....

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An American Amazon?

CounterPunch 22 Nov 2020

It began before the civil war ... to, as he put it ... Lincoln had, after all called for a “colony of freed Negroes in Central America and provinces in Nuevo Grenada” — today known as Colombia, ... Pomeroy’s plan involved the annexation of the Colombia province of Chiriqui, on the northern rim of South America, a place later known as Panama ... .

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Storm Eta leaves destruction, dead and missing in Central America

Press TV 07 Nov 2020

In Panama, the damage was concentrated in the province of Chiriqui, on the border with Costa Rica, where eight people ...

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Central America reels from deadly floods, landslides

Dawn 07 Nov 2020

TEGUCIGALPA. The remains of Hurricane Eta dumped more torrential rain across large parts of Central America early on Friday after days of devastating floods and landslides that killed dozens of people ... Near the Costa Rican border in Panama’s Chiriqui province, five people, including three children, died in flooding, authorities said ... .

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Guatemala searches for bodies as strengthening Eta eyes Cuba

Albuquerque Journal 07 Nov 2020

................................................................ Mirian Esperanza Nájera Mejía had fled her home in the dark with her two children and Mejía, her mother ... Her burial was scheduled for Saturday ... helicopters were also assisting in Panama where authorities confirmed five deaths in the western province of Chiriqui, which borders Costa Rica.

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Storm Eta leaves 150 dead or missing in Guatemala

Phys Dot Org 07 Nov 2020

The toll is in addition to the approximately two dozen people who died elsewhere in Central America since Eta made landfall in Nicaragua on Tuesday as a hurricane ... 'Flash-flooding' risk ... In Panama, the damage was concentrated in Chiriqui province, on the border with Costa Rica, where the storm destroyed homes, roads, bridges and crops ... ....

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Guatemalan mudslides push Central American storm death toll above 100

The Himalayan 07 Nov 2020

GUATEMALA�CITY/TEGUCIGALPA ... The area around Queja appeared to be the site of a huge landslide on a road pass a decade ago, which killed dozens, Tellez said ... ‘CATASTROPHIC FLOODING’ ... Eight others, including at least three children, died in flooding near the Costa Rican border in Panama’s Chiriqui province, authorities said ... .

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Guatemalan mudslides push storm Eta's death toll near 150

Gulf Daily News 07 Nov 2020

The devastating weather front brought destruction from Panama to Honduras and Mexico, which between them have registered more than 50 flood-related deaths ... 'CATASTROPHIC FLOODING' ... The U.S ... REGIONAL IMPACT ... Eight others, including at least three children, died in flooding near the Costa Rican border in Panama's Chiriqui province, authorities said ... .

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Guatemala searches, Eta regains storm status, heads to Cuba

Odessa American 07 Nov 2020

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Eta was located about 280 miles (450 kms) west-southwest of Camaguey, Cuba, Saturday and was moving northeast at 17 mph (28 kph) with winds of 40 mph (65 kph) ... The U.S ... helicopters were also assisting in Panama where authorities confirmed five deaths in the western province of Chiriqui, which borders Costa Rica.