That genetic traces of the original population disappear completely is unusual, especially in South America,” said geneticist ...

The U.S. helped Panama gain independence from Colombia at the turn of the 20th century so that it could build a long-desired waterway through the isthmus that would connect the Pacific and ...

With over 170,000 people passing through a notorious jungle pass in Panama — many headed for the ... through Darién were from Venezuela. The map below shows the countries with the highest ...

Look closely at this mid-1800s map of Costa Rica, and you might spot some major differences ... New Granada (comprising modern-day Panama, Colombia and Ecuador) viewed this as an incursion on its ...