Guna Yala Archipelago, Panama, June 3, 2025 (AFP) - Year after exodus, silence fills Panama island threatened by sea

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2025-06-03
Streets once filled with children's laughter have fallen silent on a Panamanian island where almost all residents left a year ago due to the threat of the sea swallowing their homes. The evacuation of around 1,200 members of the Indigenous Guna community to a new life on the mainland was one of the first planned migrations in Latin America due to climate change. The exodus from Gardi Sugdub in the Caribbean left those who remained with a sense of......
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