What Does Afro-Panamanian Cuisine Taste Like?
It’s Sunday and some aromas just seem to burst out of Joseph’s kitchen early in the morning. Doña Mara (Ms. Mara) begins to prepare lunch, an Afro-Panamanian meal that is prepared and celebrated by the entire family. And it must be enough to feed not...
Why is Panama’s Coffee the Most Expensive in the World?
The story of how a pound of coffee, grown in the mountains of Chiriquí in the Republic of Panama, reached a record price of $1,029 began twenty years ago. It did not happen overnight. Behind every cup that is served in specialty coffee shops in Japan, the United...
Selina, the Panamanian Hotel that Triumphs among Digital Nomads
Selina is the name of the hotel venture that is making itself known around the world, from Playa Venao in Panama, to New York, Porto, and Buenos Aires. This Panamanian label was born in 2015 and has managed to meet the needs of a new generation of travelers, the...
Cuanto, the Panamanian Startup that Triumphs in Silicon Valley
At times, Felipe Echandi looks back at everything that has happened to him and it seems surreal. He majored in law and worked as a lawyer. Now he lives in Silicon Valley, California, an entrepreneur’s dream paradise. In 2008 he came up with the idea of Cuanto, the...Interest Reading
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