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Panama Canal

Food for Thought in Panama

January 13th 2009
EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE To reach Panama from Mexico, I have to go through Miami and overnight there. Originally I would have wanted to go through Central America overland from Mexico to Panama, but I would have needed at least two months, and my travel agent did not recommend it. Ìndeed a Chilean girl I met in Mexico reported being abducted by a guerilla group in Nicaragua, and th ... read more
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Panamanian Flag 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 ... ... read more
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