Spanish Translation in Panama: Spanish to English, English to
Spanish Translation. Greet the sun as it rises over the Pacific
Ocean and watch its fiery orb rest for the night down the
Atlantic Ocean – only in Panamá City. Panamá City, one of the
oldest cities in Latin America, initially established by Pedro
Arias de Ávila in 1519 in the area that is now known as Old
Panamá or Panamá Viejo. The flourishing trade and commerce
center, which was founded in the near the coast was the seat of
the Spanish administration. It was the stopover point of the
traders carrying gold and silver collected from other conquered
nations for Spain. Alas, Welsh pirate Sir Henry Morgan pillaged
and razed the city in 1671, leaving the settlement, where almost
all the important buildings were located, in ruins. A new
settlement, now known as Casco Viejo was built eight kilometers
from the razed city in 1673. The city is the capital of the
country of Panamá, a very rich city that is still the center of
trade and commerce of the nation