Archive for April 21st, 2010

Smithsonian Howler Monkey Census Results Are In

April 21, 2010
By en.di.
Smithsonian Howler Monkey Census Results Are In

There are 1,200 howler monkeys on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island according to a recent Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute census. By triangulating monkey sounds from 35 predetermined listening stations, research volunteers estimated that there are 60 to 70 fairly closed social groups of howler monkeys on the island with an average of 17 to 18...
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Shootout on the Cinta Costera

April 21, 2010
By st.di.
Shootout on the Cinta Costera

Around 1 p.m. yesterday afternoon, a gang member with a long-range weapon shot at two men traveling in a Mitsubishi Lancer along the Cinta Costera, the coastal strip and main thoroughfare along the Bay of Panama. A shootout ensued. Félix Alberto Sarabia Jiménez, age 26 and known by the alias “Cholo Cojo,” was shot...
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Petroleum in the Darien Jungle

April 21, 2010
By en.di.

There are petroleum deposits ready for exploitation in Panama’s Darien jungle, confirms President Martinelli. “Even if you don’t believe it, I am going to say something that I shouldn’t say,” said Martinelli.  ”In Panama, there is petroleum in the Darien area.  We are making the studies and we have confirmed that the same Colombian...
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