Punta Mala, Panama
  Location within Panama | |
Interactive map of Punta Mala | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pedasí District, Los Santos Province, Panama |
| Coordinates | 7°28′00″N 80°00′32″W / 7.46667°N 80.00889°W |
| Administration | |
Panama | |
Punta Mala is a cape located in the center of Panama, specifically to the southeast of the Azuero Peninsula, in the Pedasí District.
Due to its strategic position, the United States Army built a four-story facility in the 1940s for the purpose of defending the Panama Canal. This facility was later transferred to Panama and was abandoned for decades.[1]
Later in October 1999,[1] then-President Mireya Moscoso made repairs, apparently with her own money, and turned it into her presidential home.[2] When the scandal arose in 2003, Moscoso declared that the property belonged to his grandfather and was expropriated in 1938 in favor of the Americans,[3] and to end the controversy she decided to tender the house to her brother, although in 2011 the land was concessioned to a foundation whose board of directors is headed by Moscoso herself.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Punta Mala: resumen ejecutivo" (in Spanish). La Prensa. 17 April 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- 1 2 "Concesión en Punta Mala beneficia a Moscoso". La Prensa. 24 December 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ↑ "Moscoso: Punta Mala era de mi abuelo". El Panamá América. 25 April 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2018.