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Back in 1998 things where quite different in Casco Viejo. It was more Viejo than Casco. It was a fragile, run down, un protected site most people in Panama (government and not) had "written off". Back then, a group of…
Read moreMeditating about what has value and what doesn´t is a profound activity, almost zen-like. It has to do with the fundamentals of the property, but on a bigger picture even that is subdued to one and only factor: what makes…
Read moreJust another day in my office and suddenly... tarataraaaraaa.... carnival music and people singing: the classic signs of a religious procesion in Casco Viejo. Everything is a fiesta to us!
Read moreToday, at La Prensa there was a very short article with huge positive impact: Caterpillar Signed Contract with Panama. In less than a paragraph, it mentions that this heavyweight company will...
Read moreA classic scene: tourist wants to go to Casco Viejo and asks a taxi driver to take him. The taxi says, oh no, it is dangerous. Don´t go there. Actually, ask most Panamanians and you are crazy to even consider…
Read moreFor me, Santa Ana is a great place, full of life. Shops opening to the street, people everywhere, vegetable markets on the sidewalks and the great park full of people doing nothing or discussing politics, which is pretty much the…
Read moreThere is a silent neighbor in the old city, one that has been shadowed by the gorgeous historic architecture and taken for granted by most of us, but they lighten up with the first rains of March in an explosion…
Read moreLast night most of Panama´s socialites (or our version of it anyways) gathered in Paseo Las Bovedas, to the launch party of Quintessentially. I have to say I was pretty impressed by the organization, especially in Panama! if you don´t…
Read morehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/mar/20/panama.casco?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront Panama’s hottest secret If you’re looking to get ahead of the game, Panama City’s Casco Viejo is as up-and-coming as it gets, says Vicky Baker. Go now before the word is well and truly out Vicky Baker guardian.co.uk, Friday…
Read moreApril 3rd to 11th, 2008 Be prepared for daring contemporary theatre and dance from artists from United States, Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Cuba and Mexico.. Shows will be at the National Theatre, at the Anita Villalaz Theatre (at Las Bovedas)…
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