Word: panama
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...What is surprising is that violent disorders have not occurred more often in Panama. As a former Canal Zone resident, the pseudo patriotism of Canal Co. employees is still vivid in my mind. Their special American citizen "status" and Utopian living standards make our standard of living in the U.S. seem miserly...
...treaty of 1903, Uncle Sam took advantage of a helpless baby republic just separated from Colombia. Secession was backed by the U.S. because the Colombian Senate had rejected American terms for a canal. The U.S. then took "in perpetuity" Panama's natural patrimony and most valuable natural resource and turned it into a state monopoly and a colony, splitting the new country...
American residents of the Canal Zone fully understand the problems caused by their presence in Panama but are misunderstood by their fellow Americans in the United States, according to Elso S. Barghoorn, professor of Botany. Barghoorn, stranded in the Zone during the rioting earlier this month, also claimed the violence was caused by Castro-influenced agitators exploiting an emotional situation...
...professor explained that he was able to observe much of the rioting from his hotel, which overlooked Panama City. However, when aniper fire became too intense, he and the other occupants of the hotel were evacuated to Balboa...
Moderating the discussion will be Visiting Professor of Government Jose Figueres, who has recently criticized the U.S. position in Panama. Facio is ambassador from Costa Rica to the O.A.S. and to the U.S. Tejera is one of the members of the O.A.S. peace commission which attempted to settle the current U.S.-Panama dispute...