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...spokesman for the Panama Canal Commission said anonymous telephone callers warned for the past two days that a bomb was planted in commission headquarters...
Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams raised the possibility that the United States will withhold the next payment due to Panama for tolls, fees and services for Panama Canal operations...
...military officers were grouped at the central garrison of the Defense Forces, a short distance from the former Panama Canal Zone...
...command, initially created to protect the Panama Canal, has become the center for U.S. military operations in Latin America which range from fighting rebels to fighting drug smugglers. There are 10,000 soldiers and 2000 U.S. dependents under the command...
Panama, far more than war-torn Nicaragua, is Central America's prize. The 51-mile-long canal, still under U.S. control, has major strategic value; Panama is also one of the U.S.'s prime listening posts in the region and home to the 10,000-man U.S. Southern Command. To some, the U.S.'s difficulties in Panama are reminiscent of Iran. Having struck another Faustian bargain with a ruthless and corrupt dictator, the U.S. again finds itself turning against a longtime client with no viable democratic replacement in the wings...