Cuna Communications is named in honor of the Cuna Indians of Central America
It's the birthplace of my wife, Rome. Cuna people are friendly, industrious, and strongly committed to preserving their rich cultural heritage and pristine tropical environment. The Cuna appreciate and courageously protect their autonomous territory, the Kuna Yala Comarca, from trespassers and the rampant slash-and-burn farming and uncontrolled development that have destroyed millions of acres of Central and South American rainforest. They deal with the civilized world on their own terms; terms developed over decades of struggle against the forces of assimilation. Guests are welcomed warmly, but outside developers are not. Perhaps the Cuna Their land provides just enough natural resources for a subsistence-level existence, yet almost all Cuna still choose to spend their lives there fishing, hunting, and producing marvelous artwork. Fortunately there are always those rare exceptions. That is how a young GI left Panama with his life-long treasure, a lovely Cuna lass willing to give our strange, complex world a try. Now many years later, one naturalized citizen takes equal pride in her native heritage and her adopted country... never forgetting to remind me the Cuna were already "Americans", long before we showed up and renamed everything in sight. That's why I'm very happy (and proud) she continues to found something of great value in all us late-comers. Blue skies, Mike Hagerty
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The Cuna live
in the San Blas Archipelago, a region consisting of more than small 365 islands
plus a
narrow strip of land on the Atlantic coast of the Republic of Panama.