Canal De Panama
Building the Panama Canal
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Declaración de la OEA en el 25° aniversario de los Tratados del Canal de Panamá
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Building the Panama Canal
President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term U.S. goal--a transisthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. To that end, in 1850 the United States and Great Britain negotiated the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty to reign in rivalry over a proposed canal through the Central American Republic of Nicaragua. The Anglo-American canal, however, never went beyond the planning stages. French attempts to build a canal through Panama (province of Colombia) advanced further. Led by Ferdinand de Lesseps--the builder of the Suez Canal in Egypt--the French began excavating in 1880. Malaria, yellow fever, and other tropical diseases conspired against the de Lesseps campaign and after 9 years and a loss of about 20,000 lives, the French attempt went bankrupt. In spite of such setbacks, American interest in a canal continued unabated. The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 abr ... [Read More]
Panama (03/05)
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Marriage in Panama - Panama
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Acuerdo de deuda por naturaleza para conservar los bosques tropicales de Panamá
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Panama
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Entrevista hecha por Luz María Noli del Canal 2 de la TVN de Panamá
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Dirección de Asuntos del Hemisferio Occidental: Información general-- Panamá
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List of Attorneys - Panama
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