BBC News - Panama Direct

19 August 2014Last updated at 14:41

100 years on waterA century after it was built what can Panama expect from the next 100 years of its world famous canal

Silent DarienThe uncrossable gap in the world's longest road

Who on earth were the Zonians? The Americans who ran the Panama Canal

My Panama CanalLiving and working on the international waterway

Building the Panama Canal The seventh wonder of the modern world Watch

Why so many ships fly Panama's flagHow Panama acquired the world's largest fleet

Has Panama weaned itself off drugs?The journey from dangerous junkie to stability

Working Lives Discovering Panama through five working lives

Your pictures: PanamaReaders' photos of Panama

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