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unusual facts about Panamanian



Alfred Bulltop Stormalong

Among other things, the ship was said to have drilled the course of the Panama Canal by slamming into the Panamanian coast, and to have gotten stuck in the English Channel, which required the crew to grease the ship's hull with soap.

Alien Investigations

Investigators examine the Metepec creature found in the Mexican town of Metepec, the Montauk Monster found washed up in Long Island, New York, a mummy with an elongated head found by an anthropologist in the Peruvian Andes and a pale, snub-nosed creature seen by four teenage Panamanian boys.

Babalu Aye

Panamanian singer Ruben Blades wrote a song about "Babalu-Aye" called "Obalue" (misspelling of Obalu Aye), which appears on the album Caminando.

Balbina Herrera

In December 2000, human remains were discovered at a Panamanian National Guard base, incorrectly believed to be those of Jesús Héctor Gallego Herrera, a priest murdered during the Omar Torrijos dictatorship.

Barbara J. Stephenson

In August 2009, Stephenson wrote in a diplomatic cable that Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli had asked her for wiretaps on his political opponents, and she complained of his "bullying style" and "autocratic tendencies".

Berendrecht Lock

In July 2009, it was announced that the Belgian dredging company Jan De Nul, together with a consortium of contractors consisting of the Spanish Sacyr Vallehermoso, the Italian Impregilo and the Panamanian company Grupo Cusa, had been awarded the contract to build the six new locks on the enlarged Panama Canal to accommodate larger Post-Panamax vessels.

Bolívar Urrutia Parrilla

Urrutia was a Panamanian soldier who commanded, alongside José María Pinilla, the military junta which overthrew elect president Arnulfo Arias on October 11, 1968.

Chico Salmon

Ruthford Eduardo "Chico" Salmon (December 3, 1940 in Colón, Panama – September 17, 2000 in Bocas del Toro, Panama) was a Panamanian Major League Baseball utility player.

Coclé Province

Coclé is also home to APROVACA orchid conservation center, which conducts orchid conservation activities, including orchid reintroduction into the wild and a sponsorship program for the Panamanian national flower Peristeria elata.

Constitution of Panama

Article 277 of the 1972 constitution designated Torrijos as the "Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution", granting him extraordinary powers for a period of six years, including the power to appoint most government officials and to direct foreign relations.

Copa Airlines Flight 201

A special team consisting of personnel from Copa Holdings, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney and the NTSB worked together with Panamanian civil aviation authorities on the investigation, which lasted one year.

Copa Rommel Fernández

The tournament is named after Panamanian football legend Rommel Fernández.

D.M.G. Grupo Holding S.A.

In March 2009, Murcia made declarations through an interview made by a journalist from La Prensa (Panamanian newspaper of most circulation) about his "investments" (donations) to Democratic Revolutionary Party candidates Balbina Herrera and Roberto Velasquez (candidates for president and mayor of Panama, respectively) for their campaigns.

Dime Si Te Vas Con Él

"Dime Si Te Vas Con Él" (English: Tell Me If You Go With Him) is the first single from Flex featuring another fellow Panamanian Mr. Saik, second studio album La Evolución Romantic Style, "Dime Si Te Vas Con Él" is quickly placed in the top positions globally, following the success of their debut single "Te Quiero".

DJ Black

DJ Black recorded the song alongside fellow Panamanian rapper Danger Man who would later be shot and killed.

Eddy Lover discography

The discography of Eddy Lover, a Panamanian reggaeton and Reggae en Español artist, consists of two studio albums and four singles (including all singles from studio, compilation albums and collaborations with other singers).

Education in Panama

As of 2004, more than 92,500 Panamanian students attended the University of Panama, the Technological University of Panama, West Coast University – Panama and the University of Santa Maria La Antigua, a private Catholic institution.

El Mudo

El Chombo, American-born Panamanian producer and artist, known for his song "Chacarron Macarron"

Estadio Rommel Fernández

The original name of the stadium was Estadio Revolución, but in 1993, it changed its name to Estadio Rommel Fernández in honour of Rommel Fernández, a Panamanian soccer player who died in a car accident in the city of Albacete, Spain, on May 6 of that year, At that time the stadium had a capacity of 22,000 spectators.

Gilberto José Marxuach

Together with his men, he received intense jungle training and was later put in charge of a rescue mission which searched for the remains of various American soldiers who perished aboard a C-45 Expeditor military aircraft which crashed in the Panamanian jungles.

Guts Ishimatsu

He challenged Panamanian Ismael Laguna in 1970 for the WBA/WBC Lightweight Title, but lost by TKO in the 13th round.

Héctor López

In 2006, he was cited by professional basketball coach, Joseph Clarke, as ranking alongside such noted Panamanian sports personalities as Ismael Laguna, Roberto Durán, and Mariano Rivera as Panamanian World Champions.

Jon Snodgrass

Jon Snodgrass is a Panamanian author, born on July 27, 1941 in Colón, Panama to John Alphonso and Olivia Jane (Chestnut) Snodgrass.

Jonathan Jakubowicz

His new film, Hands of Stone (2014), is about the relationship between Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán (played by Édgar Ramírez) and his trainer Ray Arcel (played by Robert De Niro).

José Agustín Arango

José Agustín Arango Remon (1841–1909) was a Panamanian politician who was, together with Tomás Arias and Federico Boyd, a member of the provisional junta that governed Panama after its independence in 1903.

José Cedeño

José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (born 1933), Panamanian Roman Catholic archbishop

José Isabel Blandón Castillo

The father of Panamanian legislator José Isabel Blandón Figueroa, his son's disapproval of Blandón's position as a top aide to Manuel Noriega helped push Blandón to defecting.

José Luis Rodríguez Pittí

From 1990 to 1995 he traveled extensively in the Panamanian region of Azuero to collect stories and photograph, the body of three photo essays: "Viernes Santo en Pesé", "Cuadernos de Azuero", and "Noche de carnaval".

Las Tablas, Los Santos

Las Tablas is a recognized national center of Panamanian folk: Art, music, gastronomy, architecture, culture and literature.

Linda Bement

In 1962 she married the Panamanian-born future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racing jockey, Manuel Ycaza.

Martin Moynihan

He was married to Olga F. Linares, a Panamanian-American anthropologist and STRI senior research scientist.

N.O.R.E.

Santiago's career began to take off in 1996, while under the pseudonym Noreaga (after Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega), as part of the duo Capone-N-Noreaga (C-N-N), alongside friend and fellow Queens-based rapper Capone (whom he met while serving time in prison).

Nicolás Muñoz

Nicolás Armando Muñoz Jarvis (born 21 December 1981 in Panama City, Panama) is a Panamanian footballer who currently plays for Isidro Metapan in the First Division of El Salvador.

Panama at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Eileen Coparropa was the only Panamanian swimmer to advance to a semifinal, accomplishing that feat in an event in which she was twice a Pan American Games medalist.

Panamanian presidential election, 1978

Colonel Noriega continued to hold the powerful position of assistant chief of staff for intelligence--the Panamanian government's only intelligence arm.

Panamanian spiny pocket mouse

Panamanian spiny pocket mice are found only in southern and western Panama, along the Pacific coast between David and Chepo, and inland as far as the headwaters of rivers flowing into the Atlantic.

Panamanian spiny pocket mice are nocturnal, and feed mainly on the nuts of palm trees such as Bactris and Attalea, although they also eat other plant material and some insects.

Paul Helliwell

Helliwell continued to work as a lawyer in Miami and served as legal counsel to a Panamanian holding company that controlled a Bahamian gambling casino connected with Meyer Lansky.

Pedro Heilbron

Pedro Heilbron (born 1958 in Colón, Panama) is, since 1988, the CEO of Copa Holdings S.A., the parent company of Panamanian carrier Copa Airlines and Colombian carrier AeroRepública.

Roberto Díaz Herrera

Born seventh of nine siblings in Santiago, the capital city of the Panamanian province of Veraguas, Roberto Díaz was raised by his parents Anastacio Díaz Jiménez, who was a teacher, and his beloved mother Gregoria Herrera, who worked as a housewife and sold bread and desserts at a local store.

Rogelio Sinán

Rogelio Sinán (born on Taboga Island in 1902; died in 1994) was the pseudonym Panamanian writer Bernardo Domínguez Alba used for his writing.

Roupala

Central America supports three species in addition to the widespread R. montana: R. glaberrima which is found throughout Central America, R. loranthoides which is endemic to Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica, and R. percoriacea, a Panamanian endemic.

Tomás Arias

Tomás Arias (December 29, 1856 in Panama City, Panama – July 20, 1932 in Panama City, Panama) was a Panamanian politician and businessman who was, together with José Agustín Arango and Federico Boyd, a member of the provisional junta that governed Panama after its independence in 1903.

Vallarino

Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino (born 1938), Panamanian politician and President of Panama

Yaviza

It has a population of 1,611 and is the main cultural center of the Panamanian side of the Darién Gap.


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