Panama Veterans Alliance

**Highest Placing Member**: Domenic and Vanessa (Runner-Up/20)

The Panama Veterans Alliance (also known as the Viveros Alliance 2.0) was an alliance from Survivor: San Juan Del Sur.

The core of this alliance included castaways who previously worked together as part of the Viveros Alliance. However, intermingling between them and new players meant that the alliance would not repeat its former success.

## History

### Origins

The orange Coyopa tribe was created on Day 1 of Survivor: San Juan Del Sur, containing both veterans from *Survivor: Panama* and new *Survivor* players. Of the veterans on Coyopa, Domenic, Erinn, Katrina and Marina worked together in the past as part of the Viveros Alliance and agreed they would look after each other once again. Liam, who was also apart of the alliance, was not invited into this original pact, and joined forces with Joel, Mitchell and Thomas as the men of the tribe. In order to gain the majority, the former Viveros Alliance brought along new players Montana and Vanessa. At the Double Tribal Council on Day 3, this majority of six voted out Mitchell.

### Losing Trust

Following his previous appearance, Domenic became self conscious about being labelled as a villain and wanted to ensure his relationships throughout the tribe were rock solid. Knowing he isolated Liam in the lead up to the first tribal council, Domenic reconnected with him and the pair eventually made amends before creating a Final Two alliance. The women at the tribes next loss on Day 8 wanted to get rid of Liam, but Domenic was apprehensive and tried to convince them to switch the target to someone else. This scared Montana and Vanessa the most because they were the freshest allies and they wanted to blindside Domenic by bringing in Joel, Liam and Thomas. The men didn't believe this plan and voted for Erinn at tribal council. When Liam found out that Domenic's name was being thrown around, he spoke to Domenic who revealed that Liam's name was also being thrown around. Together, they were able to convince Erinn, Katrina and Marina that they should work together as the Viveros Alliance. The five became the majority and successfully turned on Montana at tribal council.

### Switching Things Up

This majority alliance, now known as the Panama Veterans Alliance, were split up at the tribe switch. Domenic, Erinn, Liam and Vanessa were switched to the blue Hunahpu tribe. Vanessa wasn't convinced that her Coyopa tribe members would look after her on this new tribe and instead decided to align with original Hunahpu members Aisha, Lina, Penny and Travis. When Hunahpu lost on Day 13, Domenic, Erinn and Liam voted for Aisha but Vanessa flipped on the trio and Erinn was voted out. This move left Domenic and Liam, though Domenic had a plan that would keep he and his ally safe. The pair began bonding with Aisha and Travis, who were seen as a power couple. Domenic's logic behind this bond was that both couples would need to keep each other around because there was safety in numbers. When Hunahpu lost again on Day 18, Vanessa wanted the original Hunahpu members to vote for Domenic but Aisha and Travis voted with Domenic and Liam to eliminate Penny.

Meanwhile, Katrina and Marina remained on Coyopa with Joel and Thomas. This new tribe consisted of four different pairs. Marina in particular was a popular member of Coyopa that many original Hunahpu castaways wanted to work with because she won *Panama*. Katrina and Marina decided to work with Priya and Ryan at the tribes first loss on Day 11, where they voted out Skye. On a tribe now consisting of seven members, this alliance of four now held the power. With his closest ally now gone and a previous connection to both Priya and Ryan, Leo was welcomed into the alliance to became a group of five. When Coyopa lost again on Day 15, this alliance had the numbers and decided to eliminate Thomas over Joel.

### The Merge, Their Demise

The Hunahpu and Coyopa tribes merged into the teal Huyopa tribe on Day 20. Domenic, Liam, Katrina and Marina reunited and quickly updated each other on their newly formed relationships. When deciding which switched alliance to work with, Domenic told his original group that it would be better to align with the duo of Aisha and Travis because they would be larger targets later in the merge as opposed to rely on Leo, Priya and Ryan as individuals. At the first merged tribal council, the Panama Veterans in addition to outsider Vanessa and the duo of Aisha and Travis made Leo the first member of the jury. This move proved to be the downfall of the Panama Veterans Alliance because Domenic and Liam preferred working with Aisha and Travis over Katrina and Marina. They flipped on their original allies to eliminate Katrina followed by Marina at the following two tribal councils. This officially disbanded the alliance, as Domenic and Liam were now focused on working with Aisha and Travis as another power duo.