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The Panama Canal
Pride of being Panamanians
Strong Banking System
Dollarized economy with no Central Bank
Good quality of life
Good beaches
Well connected country  - Hub of the Americas
Influenced by Americans

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Gross national happiness
fortresses

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International, diverse city with many diplomatic HQs
Historic roots in humanitarian action
Cheese and chocolate!

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Religion
Cricket
Politics
Dramas
Political History
Security Forces
Culture
Traditions

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Mountains
Manas epoch
Nature
Horses

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The Revolution
Islam
Women's Rights
Political Stability
Economy and social welfare
Poverty
Cup of green tea and of course the LOVE of La Marsa and Sidi Bousaid :)

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Refugee
Young population
Religion
Royals

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1. Bad traffic
2. Flooding
3. Political polarization post-2014 elections
4. Rising conservatism and radicalism
5. Gojek - a hugely popular transportation service app

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Strong culture and traditions
Absolute Monarchy
Human rights violations and oppressions
Violent protests
Widespread poverty and food insecurity
High Unemployment

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Rich cuisine
Cultural diversity
Multiple sects
Political longstanding strife
Refugee Host
Snowy mountains and once a beautiful sea
Currently the world's worst economic crisis
Rich old history; e.g. Byblos, one of the most ancient cities in the world

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Carnival and entertainment sector, social events, socioeconomic dependence on fossil fuels, high levels of crime, gender equality, violence and harassment against girls and women

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Rich natural resources
traditions and ce
carpets
horses
cotton

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Positives:
Cricket
Tourism - culture, scenic natural resources
Tea and spices
Negatives:
Civil war - ethnic divisions
Corruption
Media suppression
Human rights and international scrutiny

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Hospitality
Beautiful beaches
Mountains
Religious tolerance

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5 langues officielles, plus encore de cultures
Unité nationale en difficulté
Musique
Islam
Sens de l'accueil

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Bad weather
Pubs
Sarcasm
Losing at sports

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Strong national identity and pride, especially amoung older generations. Regional divisions. Tension over immigration. Influential right-wing. Direct democracy. And of course, delicious cheese and chocolates!

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Food (dumplings!)
Shevchenko
Euromaidan revolution
Crimea occupation

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Wide nature
Political nerve center
Rampant social,economic inequality
Lack of basic infrastructures
Expensive level of life

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Politics
Immigration
Poverty
North vs South of Italy
Religion (Vatican State)
football (...unfortunately)

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Touchpoints:

- The President's assassination: a few months ago, the Haitian president Jovenel Moise was brutally killed at his residence. This almost put the country on the brink of collapse and civil society even expected cous, invasions or a civil war to occur. It also triggered all kinds of theories about conspiracies planned by foreign powers. I personally chose to avoid this topic unless it was impossible, since my hispanic origins might arouse confrontation and people might link me with the alleged Colombian mercenaries that were accused of the crime.

- Haiti / Dominican Republic conflict: there is a historic long-lasting conflict between both countries, which do not agree on their common history and how the island was distributed. Other phenomena such as Haitian migration to the Dominican Republic or the latter building a gigantic fence at the border have irritated both populations, with a growing animosity and prejudice towards each other.

- Religion: most Haitians define themselves as Christians, yet significant number of citizens practice vodoo as a religion. In general, people believe and fear the power of vodoo, whose dark esoteric rituals have the capacity to harm targeted people and are perceived as a parallel way of enforcing moral laws. The topic is not to be joked about, as it awakes an irrational terror towards any person or organization involved in voodoo.

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Son

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Green
Hospitality
healthy food

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Racial division, Christian culture, rugby, independence

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Political center. (national politics, diplomacy, lobby, protests)
Open air sports

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refugee-host community cohesion
youth empowerment
National pride
political stability in a politically charged region

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Love for cricket
Hospitality
Racial divide

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Best coffee
Peace agreement
Soccer
Music & dance
Cycling

(Héctor, UNVMC Colombia)

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Italian influence, Coffee culture, lifetime military service, border armed conflicts, Muslims and Orthodox Christians.

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- Incredible natural landscape
- Amazing people
- Dinamic, inovative trailblazing culture
- Rampant social, economic and racial inequality

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Cultural diversity
conflicts of the '90es
humor
richness of natural resources
political system (uniquely fragmented)

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Refugee Crisis
Religion
Social Injustice
Tourism
Drugs Trafficking
Human Trafficking
Sports

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Nationalism
Religious ultra-conservatism
Impunity of military

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Nationalism, culture, religion, politics, football, food, business

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Cultural Heritage, including Christendom, Music, Traditional Rituals.
National Identity and Independence.
Women and fatherlands.
Clan boundaries/attachment.

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Long and diverse history and heritage dating back to several thousands of years of civilization.
Religious and spiritual events are highly respected and widely celebrated, i.e. the Holy Month of Ramadan; as it also becomes a fevered season for the drama industry, for enhancing relations and connections, though Iftar invitations and events for instance.
And yes, Mo Salah! Egyptian King!

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Socio-political crisis
Lack of institutionality
Unemployment
High rates of adolescent pregnancy and early unions
High rates of gender violence, including sexual violence against women, adolescents, girls and boys

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- Political affairs
- Religion
- Soccer
- Political ideologies
- Corruption
- Sexual and reproductive rights

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Egalitarian - treat everyone equally - love of sports - outdoors - laid-back lifestyle - beach or bush

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Rabindranath Tagore and Rabindrasangeet
Satyajit Ray and films
Bengali language, literature, theatre and other art forms
Bengali sweets and other culinary tastes
Commemoration of all religious festivals as a culture
Intellectual superiority
Obsession with soccer

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Hospitality, Local wine

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Coffee
Multi-culturalism
90's war
Humour

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Heritage;
Independence;
Local cuisine - jollof;

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Sports-Football
Naija Identity'
Movies (Nollywood)
Food-Jollof Rice
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Nation building (among world's youngest country)
Independence struggle
Predominantly Christian country and church is very influential
Reconciliation (with Indonesia)
History
Mountains (although an island nation but mountains were key in their independence guerrilla warfare)
Customs
Music
Football

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Women status
Religion
Current conflict and political/geographical divides
COVID-19

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- Congo river
- historical (colonial legacy)
-active armed groups & insecurity
-inter-communal conflicts
-natural resources
- "sapeurs"

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Strong family values
Predominantly Christian population (88.7%)
Religious leaders are influential
Beauty pageants
Boxing
Strong political dynasties

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Cricket
Bollywood Cinema
Religion
Poverty or Development
Politics

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Sport, traditional wrestling
Muslim tradition
beautiful landscape
tourism

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Revolution; transitional period; ancient culture and proud heritage; tribalism

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Host community & IDPs

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Insecurity
Economy
Food
Culture
Religion

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Music
Ron
Education
Health / Medicine / Physician
Research

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ArtDeco
Cinema Roma
Fiat Tagliero

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Tribal conflict; nature conservation; colonial history; tech-hub; multiculturalism; athletes.

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Green policy
country sovereignty
Sport, football, basketball

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cultural diversity

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Football. Water sports. Cousine. Difficult history. Minorities. Hungarians outside Hungary.

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Sports, in particular football. Cousine. Difficult history. Minorities. Aging population. Hungarians outside Hungary.

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Nomadic culture

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'Laid back' attitude; low power distance / non hierarchical; culture (national mythos) of 'mateship' and 'a fair go' for all; beaches / bush / nature

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K-Pop
K-Dramas
Squid Games

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Independence; cultural heritage; Christian religion; rugby;

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Being straight to the point, separate professional and personal life, society takes joint decisions, quality of life

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Politics, religion, culture, development

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Post-war country united by their love for cricket and spicy food

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K-pop
K-beauty
K-drama
Reunification
High tech/IT society
Soft power

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Boundaries
Political relations

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Agriculture
Drought
Racial tensions
Technology

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Carnival, sports, partying (fetes), music (steelpan and soca), leatherback turtle conservation, oil and gas, cosmopolitan (although currently dealing with a migration crisis)

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Any discussion on gender is treated as a competition between men and women, that women are advancing and men and boys are in crisis, this is a perception and not the reality. That any attempt to advance gender equality is to reduce men and boys. Another touchpoint is LGBTiQ rights and same sex marriage.

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In Barbados and the Caribbean any discussion on gender is seen as a competition between men and women, women are advancing and men and boys are in crisis, this is a perception and not the reality. That any attempt to advance gender equality is to reduce men and boys. Another touchpoint is LGBTiQ rights and same sex marriage.

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Food, Hospitality, Sports - Athletics, Tourism - National Parks, Beaches, Tribal Politics, Corruption

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Politics, Religion, Culture, Secularism

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Indigenous Peoples
Ron

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Coffee
Forest
Immigration
USA

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Vulcan
Forest
Poverty
Immigration
Afro-descendants

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Afro-descendants
Poverty
Coffee
Music
Nature
Tourism
No standing army

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Poverty
Maras
Immigration
Turism
Afro-descendants

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Palm oil
Deforestation
Forests
Haze

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Pasta
European Union
Football
Ferrari
Fashion

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Politics
Culture
Heritage Landmarks
Lord Buddha
Mount Everest

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Culture: food, music, dance
Football
Tribal politics

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Challenges in managing COVID-19 in a heavily tourism and business dependent country

Growth of nationalist agenda and mistrust of foreign dominance of job market

Tech and business hub

Reliance on balanced Sino-US relations

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Religion
National Identity

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-The Panama Canal
-Panama Papers
-Center for different commercial and finance activities.
-Hub of the Americas
- An important influence by the U.S.

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Politics, dry weather, political gossips, architecture

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In Mozambique touch points are :

-The political Instability in Cabo Delgado and international involvement specially from western Countries;
-Visas for the International Humanitarian staff
-Make reference of news from some controversial newspaper as per example "Savana Newspaper"

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In Barbados one touch point of growing interest is that of national independence and the shift to being a republic. Another is that of gender and sexuality.

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Sports

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- monarchy - royalism vs progressivism
- coup d'etat
- the concept of "democracy"

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beautiful landscapes
Desert meets the sea
soccer
racial division
tribalism

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- Islam
- Conflict & political divisions
- Defined gender roles
- Families values
- Pride in history & culture

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Carnival/Samba
Football (before the 7x1)
Music and dance
Natural resources
Miscegenation

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Abi-Gail Averlon Toussaint, ILO Port of Spain

Famous landmark: San Fernando Hill is also known as Ana Parima (or Anaparima)
Population 48,838 (2011)
19 km2 (7 sq mi)

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Turbulent history (World Wars I&II, Cold War era; Iron Curtain fall); Economic Powerhouse; Engineering

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Belize:
- the only country in Central America where the official language is English
- has a melting pot of many different ethnic groups and cultures (Creole, Mestizo, Garifuna, Mennonite, Maya, East Indian, Asian... to name a few)
- Has so much local and delicious food, including the signature dish of rice and beans
- Home of the largest living Barrier Reef and the great Blue Hole, plus has many Mayan Ruins and a lot of jungle

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Unité nationale,
Lutte traditionnelle,
Parenté à plaisanterie;
Travaux collectif
Tolérance
Islam