They had 2 go by the right of rooselvelt
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the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Gave the U.S. the right to build a canal in Panama.
The French had the idea to build a canal across Panama first and they started the project; after about their sixth year working on the canal they ended up going bankrupt. that is when the US showed interest in buying the canal for the French, but Columbia, who at the time owned Panama, would not allow the purchase. An agreement was made with Panama to help them get their independence the US would be allowed to finish building the canal.
Because it was the thinest place to cut across being only sixty miles long.
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The Colombian government had been blocking U.S. plans to build a canal in Panama. So Teddy Roosevelt supported Panamanian rebels to get what he wanted.
President Jimmy Carter, although the USA really created the nation of Panama to get the canal in the first place, so President Jimmy Carter was actually doing the right thing when he gave Panama the right to control something that was built on their land in the first place. Panama still allows the USA to have a say in how the canal is run.
hay-banau-varilla treaty
secure the right to build a canal through Central America_Exo
Panama's modern history was influenced by the canal treaty which granted the United States rights in perpetuity over land on both sides of the canal and intervention right in Panamanian affairs. The treaty led to friction between the two countries for decades.Ê
Right now Panama but it used to be the United States.