“The United States used the gunboat Nashville to dislodge the restive province of Panama from Colombia in 1903, recognized the new nation two days later, and then essentially imposed a one-sided treaty on Panama to gain the authority to build a canal and maintain control of it and any part of Panama the United States wanted.” ~Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right |
"What people forget is that the original treaty with Panama was
written and signed without any Panamanian ever seeing it. It was never
fair to the Panamanians, and most people recognize that."
~Jimmy Carter |