Panama

Not a thread about Van Halen or hats, I’m sure there’s lots to discover about this country. I once bought a travel guide for it. Maybe next year…

Questions

In what year was Panama City set on fire and destroyed by Henry Morgan, with him subsequently being arrested to appease the Spanish with whom they had signed a peace treaty, though he was treated by thr populace as a hero?

1671

Despite only winning around a third of the votes during the election, who has been president of Panama since 2019? He represents the Democratic Revolutionary Party, a party founded by Omar Torrijos in 1979?

LAURENTINO CORTIZO

Named for residents that were first brought there by president Belisario Porras, what is the presidential residence in Panama City called?

PALACIO DE LAS GARZAS / PALACE OF THE HERONS

With indigenous and black people listed in 2nd and 3rd hovering around the 10% mark, what is by far the largest ethnic group in Panama containing closer to 70% of the population?

MESTIZO

Panama broke away from Spanish rule in 1821 and joined what united state that also included Ecuador and Venezuela? This lasted until 1831 when Panama became part of the Republic of Colombia.

GRAN COLOMBIA

Named for their two signatories, which two treaties from 1977 guaranteed that ownership of the Panama Canal would be transferred from the United States to Panama at the end of 1999?

TORRIJOS-CARTER TREATIES

Established in 1980 by the Treaty of Montevideo, Panama is one of the 13 members of LAIA, which stands for what? The worling languages are Spanish and Portuguese, and its northernmost member is Mexico.

LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION ASSOCIATION

Since expanding to 134 members including Panama, what number follows ‘G’ in an extremely misleading name for a group of developing economies because this was the number when it was founded back in 1964?

77

A forum consisting of 120 countries including Panama, which grouping was established in Belgrade in 1961?

NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT

Commonly known as the Panama tree, ‘Sterculia apetala’ is a member of what mallow family, with other members including okra, cotton and everybody’s favourite, durian?

MALVACEAE

Nicknamed in the past ‘White Indians’ for their high rate of albinism, which people of Panama live on autonomous reservations called comarcas? They also have a small population in Colombia and there is a theory than the name ‘Panama’ is a Castilianisation of a word from their language.

KUNA

Abandoned in 1524 and re-discovered in 2012, Vasco Núñez de Balboa founded what first conquistador city on mainland America in 1510? Located in present-day Colombia, its role was superseded by the Pedro Arias Dávila founded Panama City.

SANTA MARÍA LA ANTIGUA DEL DARIÉN