Evacuated Indigenous islanders react to new housing built by Panama government

The indigenous Gunas of Gardi Sugdub had been preparing to move from their small island off the coast of Panama as their population grew, but hotter summers and fiercer storms quickened the evacuation. The Panamanian government built housing on the mainland and has begun evacuating the Gunas, one of many groups who have called coastal communities threatened by climate change their home for centuries.

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