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That had been evident when, just a few years before my father arrived, an American businessman named W.D. Barton built a resort on one of Gunayala’s more than 350 uninhabited islands. The Guna burned it down. And when Barton tried to rebuild it, they burned it down again.
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In the late 1960s, the Guna people burned down a resort built by American businessman W.D. Barton on an island in Gunayala, and burned it down a second time when he attempted to rebuild it.
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- Ben Ryder Howe
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- News Article
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{ "date": "late 1960s", "event": "Burning of a resort", "person": "W.D. Barton", "location": "Gunayala, Panama" } - Subject Tags
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- September 24, 2026 at 10:12 PM (2 weeks ago)
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- September 24, 2026 at 10:12 PM (2 weeks ago)
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