Background: With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. On 7 September 1977, an agreement was signed for the complete transfer of the Canal from the US to Panama by the end of 1999. Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over the Canal were turned over in the intervening years. With US help, dictator Manuel NORIEGA was deposed in 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were turned over to Panama by or on 31 December 1999.
April 1st 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » David Visiting the Rosas Scobie family in Panama March 1 to 9, 2008
Well we said good bye to Joe and Cathy at 6 a.m. in Granada, Nicaragua on February 29th and waited on the steps of the bus depot trusti ... 50 photos[full story]
March 25th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » David March 16th.
Today we caught the Cerra Punta bus and headed up to check out the Quetzales trail. We were warned that once you caught a cab up there they would probably just drop you off at ... 46 photos[full story]
March 7th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » David I am still in avid waiting to take the midnight bus to Panama City. I hate getting there at night so I'm on this bus arrives at 530 AM where I will meet up with the other monkey researchers.
Buggin ... [full story]
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