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 18th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » El Valle This will be my last entry on this blog site as i am now back in Canada (for now - I can always make up new sites as the need arrises ;-)). The last few weeks in Panama were very memmorable, with a f ... 3 photos[full story]
January 28th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » El Valle We had a very long day today! It started at 0600!! OH YEAH, that sucked. We went to the Gamboa Rainforest to go on a Monkey Island tour. That was super fun...I thought. There were a few people who did ... [full story]
January 26th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » El Valle Only in Panama can you be laying in the sun catchin' some rays while it's raining. I was layin' by the pool today, sun shining and it was beautiful. I notice it gets a little darker and see the some r ... [full story]
January 26th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » El Valle We found my camera!! Melissa hired Eddie, her gardner and he found it. It was in the water:( That sucks!! You should have since this guy travers his way down the embankment. I was going to try and ge ... [full story]
December 29th 2007Central America Caribbean » Panama » El Valle Back again!
I´ve been in Panama for a week now and for the majority of the time it has been raining..... Not just raining as I could cope with that, but absolutely pouring down!!! Everything got so ... 19 photos[full story]
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