The Duke of Veragua at the Portobelo ruins during his recent visit to Panama

The Castilla del Oro project seeks to establish a virtual bridge between Panama and Spain with the same shores that existed in the sixteenth century but in both directions now and many streets to travel through.

“Two media companies want to build the bridge, aware that this is a development factor for its ability to unite and involve all stakeholders in the progress of their respective environments,” highlight the Castilla del Oro Project Memoirs, released in November 2010.

On the one hand it points out that, from Spain, the bridge is made by Grupo La Información de Apoyo para Castilla del Oro Navarra, a company with a 107-year history, editor of the leading community newspaper, Diario de Navarra, the company’s flagship.

Across the ocean, on Panamanian coasts, this media bridge is built by Grupo Editorial El Siglo- La Estrella de Panama, editor of La Estrella newspaper which, with over 160 years developing this business philosophy, wants to join this bet, through a commitment sealed in Panama in March 2010.

The Duke of Veragua, Cristobal Colón de Carvajal, was the first person to want to cross this media bridge by accepting to be the international president of Castilla del Oro Foundation, 500 years after his ancestor Christopher Columbus came to these lands.

In March 2010, the Duke of Veraguas officially opened what is called the Discoverers’ Path, with the community of Bethlehem, located at the mouth of the river by the same name, as its historical departure point.

Thus, he could realize his dream of visiting the town where 500 years ago Admiral Christopher Columbus landed.

The figure of Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal, as the foundation’s president, has generated significant buzz in Panama, which he has already visited twice, touring five provinces, visiting projects and delivering contributions from the organization to several municipalities in the country’s central region during his last visit.

Previously, a delegation of mayors and governors has already traveled twice to Spain with the goal of visiting rural communities to see how they have developed this type of tourism, and replicate it in their municipalities.

In October this year, a third group of mayors and governors will travel to Spain with the same purpose: to learn from the example set by Spain, which is the first world power in rural tourism.

Recently, Castilla del Oro Foundation’s executive director of the nonprofit organization Jorge Isaac Obón reported that, in order to win more support and participation from companies for the projects promoted in rural areas of the country’s central region, the foundation will project itself to the United States.

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