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  2. Darien scheme - Wikipedia

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    The Darien scheme was an unsuccessful attempt, backed largely by investors of the Kingdom of Scotland, to gain wealth and influence by establishing New Caledonia, a colony in the Darién Gap on the Isthmus of Panama, in the late 1690s.

  3. William Paterson (banker) - Wikipedia

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    The Scottish settlement of New Edinburgh can be seen on the coast above right, west of the Gulf of Darien. Paterson relocated to Edinburgh, where he was able to convince the Scottish government to undertake the Darién scheme, a failed attempt to found an independent Scottish Empire in what is today Panama. Paterson personally accompanied the ...

  4. Scottish colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The Darien scheme is probably the best known of all Scotland's colonial endeavours, and the most disastrous. In 1695, an act was passed in the Parliament of Scotland establishing The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies and was given royal assent by the Scottish representative of King William II of Scotland (and III of England ...

  5. EXPLAINER: Panama launches operation against smugglers in ...

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    The Darien Gap earned its name because it is the break in the Pan-American Highway connecting South and North America. Darien is also the name of Panama’s easternmost province, which abuts Colombia.

  6. Robert Corse - Wikipedia

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    In 1695 he is one of the 30 men setting up the "Company of Scotland Trading in Africa and the Indies" generally known as the Company of Scotland. [5] The 30 men raised £400,000 for a venture now generally called the Darien Scheme, to colonise Panama. The scheme was a failure and the men lost everything.

  7. Darién Gap - Wikipedia

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    Darién National Park in Panama, the largest national park in Central America, covers roughly 5,790 km 2 (2,240 sq mi) of land, and was established in 1980. The property includes a stretch of the Pacific Coast and almost the entire border with neighbouring Colombia. [33]

  8. For migrants, the Darien Gap is hell; for adventure tourists ...

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    The notorious stretch of jungle in Panama has become a treacherous part of the journey for tens of thousands of people trekking across the Americas, hoping ultimately to reach the United States.

  9. Panama - Wikipedia

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    Panama enacted Law No. 80 in 2012 to promote foreign investment in tourism. Law 80 replaced an older Law 8 of 1994. Law 80 provides 100 percent exemption from income tax and real estate taxes for 15 years, duty-free imports for construction materials and equipment for five years, and a capital gains tax exemption for five years. [103]

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