Panamanians and Patriotism – Some Musings

Today is Panama’s 110th independence anniversary from Colombia. It’s a Sunday and I am sitting with my wife’s 78- year old grandmother (Panamanian who lives with us) and we are watching the Independence Day parades on Telemetro. (I must say I am watching from the patio while enjoying a beautiful tropical day with my rum…

A Gringo in Panama? Life is Never Dull

The origin of the word ‘Gringo’ has many theories. In Panama, however, it normally equates with ‘American’. Being an American in Panama is definitely a love-hate relationship. We are admired yet feared. We are accepted but yet not. I speak from first-hand experience and here is my bias. I have lived here for 18 years,…