The island-dwelling Guna people of Panama are one of the most sovereign indigenous communities in the world, being endowed with extensive land tenure and self-governance rights. And like many of the ...

Gardi Sugdub, Panama — On the densely packed island of Gardi Sugdub, off the coast of mainland Panama, colorful houses and wooden huts cover nearly the entire landscape almost up to the water’s edge.

An indigenous Panamanian group has forced Nike to cancel a forthcoming “Puerto Rico” version of its classic Air Force 1 sneaker. Following the objection of the Guna community of Panama, the US ...

For years, the alabaster-skinned people born on this sun-scorched constellation of islands off Panama’s Caribbean coast have been venerated as the Grandchildren of the Sun. A family with four albino ...

USTUPU, PanamaUSTUPU, Panama — With wooden rifles and the explosion of firecrackers, members of Panama’s Guna indigenous group re-enacted an uprising by their ancestors against abuses and the ...