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Republic of Panama   /ripˈəblək əv pˈænəmˌɑ/   Listen
Republic of Panama

noun
1.
A republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903.  Synonym: Panama.






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"Republic of panama" Quotes from Famous Books



... Root proposed three treaties, one between the United States and Panama, one between the United States and Colombia, and one between Colombia and Panama. These treaties provided for the recognition of the Republic of Panama by Colombia and for the transference to Colombia of the first ten installments of the annual rental of $250,000 which the United States had agreed to pay to Panama for the lease of the Canal Zone. The treaties were ratified by the United States ...
— From Isolation to Leadership, Revised - A Review of American Foreign Policy • John Holladay Latane

... in jeopardy, they paid no heed to the men who attacked me because of what I had done—and also continue to attack me, although they are exceedingly careful not to propose to right the "wrong," in the only proper way if it really was a wrong, by replacing the old Republic of Panama under the tyranny of Colombia and giving Colombia sole or joint ownership of the canal itself. In the case of the panic of 1907 (as in the case of Panama), what I did was not only done openly, but depended for its effect upon being done and with the widest advertisement. ...
— Theodore Roosevelt - An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt • Theodore Roosevelt



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