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Panama Land and Water - Wednesday 2010 February 10

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February 10th 2010
Our day started off with more information on yesterday’s trouble at the mall. After tourists traded stories at breakfast, Pedro, our guide, said he had been there: it was “only domestic”; she was stable; and no shots were fired; maybe I only saw the guard level his gun; and, the very late arrival of the police was actually to quell a later incident of near-riot by youths. Hmmm. (Yesterday ev ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Colón » Gamboa

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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