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Honors to De Niro, tears from Duran – ‘Hands’ a moving tale of boxer’s journey to stardom
“Hands of Stone” is the new boxing biopic that tells the incredible story of Roberto Duran, Panama’s most famous athlete. This week, at the Cannes Film Festival, Duran made Panama proud with a touching ovation to him from the crowd, as well as the A-list movie stars who acted in the film.
It has been a while since legendary boxer Roberto Duran had a crowd on their feet chanting his name, but they did in Cannes on Monday after a screening of a film on his life starring Robert De Niro. Both De Niro and Duran had tears in their eyes as they embraced to a standing ovation after the moving tale of the Panamanian’s journey to boxing stardom in “Hands of Stone” in Cannes, where De Niro was honored for his five decade-long acting career.
“I don’t know what to say, it’s just great. All I can say is thank you,” a visibly moved De Niro said after a clip was played showing many of his roles from “Casino” to “Taxi Driver”. “It’s a great honor to be honored here in Cannes said the 72-year-old New Yorker.
Source: Arab Times
Panama Canal project opens up 21 million-year-old history
The Panama Canal expansion has had lots of press due its logistical trade and economic potential, but did you know that it’s also helping to unearth new fossils of some very old species?
The monkey’s closest relative lives in Africa and that left scientists wondering how it managed to make its way to Central America. “We are really opening a window to a world we didn’t know existed,” said Carlos Jaramillo from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Through their research, the paleontologists say they are creating a geological timeline about the environment and the migratory patterns of animals in the region. “For decades, scientists assumed that in the tropics you wouldn’t find fossils because the rainfall is very high and no fossils could be preserved,” Jaramillo said. “It’s a time of exploration, like paleontologists did in North America 120 years ago.”
Source: Al Jazeera
10 Places To Stay In Panama’s Coolest Neighborhood
Casco Viejo is by far the most popular area for tourists and locals to visit, all year round. It’s also a great place to stay. Check out these 10 places to stay in style, when you visit Casco Viejo, from our friends at PTY Life.
Casco is a mix of restored Spanish colonial buildings that are now boutique hotels & hostels, apartments, trendy bars, and restaurants. Interspersed between these are condemned buildings where a few local families live that proudly blast their music all day, with their windows and doors wide open, and a good view of what they are watching on their massive flat screen TV.
Source: PTY Life
Four Ways Panama Can Change You For the Better
Moving to Panama is a great decision for many people, and a variety of different reasons. However, we find that one big reason that crosses all demographics is improved quality of life. Here are four ways we think Panama can change you for the better, from our blog.
1. Learning how to reduce stress. Many of us, from all over the world, lead extremely stressful lives, and that’s certainly nothing to be proud of. We often let work, societal pressures, economics, and even political worries bring us down, and send our stress levels way up. Well, that’s not the case for most expats in Panama. Panama is all about letting go of simple worries, and focusing on what’s important. Panamanians are known for this, and we feel that after a few months here, you’ll notice yourself changing like this as well.
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