Surrender in Panama: The Case Against the TreatyAppendices (p. 115-256): 1. The treaties.--2. Berger, R. A constitutional scholar looks at the treaties, Congressional record, November 4, 1977.--3. Bethancourt, R. E. Address of Dr. Romulo Escobar Bethancourt, head of the Panamanian negotiating team, before the National Assembly of Panama, August 19, 1977.--4. Anguizola, G. Violation of human rights and civil liberties in Panama. Bibliography: p. 257-258. |
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... independence from Spain in 1810. Civil war , sometimes hot , sometimes cold , prevailed . Against this backdrop of unrest , the long - simmering local resentment of Panamanians against the central Colombian government burst into open ...
... independence from Spain in 1810. Civil war , sometimes hot , sometimes cold , prevailed . Against this backdrop of unrest , the long - simmering local resentment of Panamanians against the central Colombian government burst into open ...
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... independence , as this account makes clear , is one in which the United States played a secondary role at best . The fact that some Panamanians actively organized and fought for independence - bloodlessly as it turned out , but with the ...
... independence , as this account makes clear , is one in which the United States played a secondary role at best . The fact that some Panamanians actively organized and fought for independence - bloodlessly as it turned out , but with the ...
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... independence and , in return for his help , the leaders of the Panamanian independence movement agreed to make him their chief negotiator for a canal treaty with the United States . Meeting in Washington with Secretary of State Hay ...
... independence and , in return for his help , the leaders of the Panamanian independence movement agreed to make him their chief negotiator for a canal treaty with the United States . Meeting in Washington with Secretary of State Hay ...
Contents
How We Got There | 18 |
What Panama Agreed To | 34 |
Who Speaks for Panama? | 53 |
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