Surprising Facts about Panama

Smithsonian Tropical Research Center (STRI) or “Instituto Smithsonian Tropicales” celebrates its one hundredth year in Panama (2012) and Panama is the only country in the world where this natural science research center has a permanent base.

The U.S. Peace Corps or “Cuerpo de Paz” has about 250 volunteers in Panama. Panama is already one of the biggest bases for the Peace Corp in the world, and Lucy Molinar, Panama’s education minister, is open to an even stronger presence here.

Spanish Panama continues to receive large numbers of students from the Smithsonian and the Peace Corps.

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