Volume 14, Number 14
July 29, 2008

lifestyle

Also in this section:
Mango smoothies
American Society needs volunteers for its Caravana de Asistencia Social stand
Democrats Abroad rumor patrol
Biff Bermingham succeeds Ira Rubinoff at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Spay Panama visits Santiago
Free film nights at Finca La Maya in San Carlos
Panama's Olympic team, with controversies and a good chance to bring home gold
Panamanians in Major League Baseball
Venus the dog
Colon city

Lest anyone tell you otherwise...

Reading some of the real estate and investment scheme propaganda that one will find on the Internet, you may be given the impression that Panama is this idyllic tropical paradise with no social problems of any consequence, and, consequently, no need to consider issues of social responsibility.

Of course, that's a very unrealistic picture that has been created for the purpose of misleading advertising. Yes, we are a tropical paradise, and yes, we are also a Third World country with some serious problems.

Here we have a street scene in the city of Colon, near the canal's Atlantic side entrance. We could also show you some mansions in that city, and in fact, mansions located only a few blocks from these slums.

Photo by Allan Hawkins

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