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U.S.National Security and Panama

This research examines United States (U.S.) national security in the context of the application of economic sanctions against the Republic of Panama in 1988 and 1989. The topic is examined through (1) a brief review of the history of AmericanPanamanian bilateral relations, (2) an assessment of the potential effects on Panama of economic sanctions, (3) an examination of approach of the U.S. government toward the use of economic sanctions, and (4) the results achieved by the U.S. through the application of economic sanctions against Panama. The final section of this research presents a statement of the conclusions drawn from the findings of the research.

HISTORICAL REVIEW OF AMERICAN-PANAMANIAN

In the process of throwing off the Spanish yoke more than 150 years ago, the territories of northern South America and southern Central America formed the country of Gran Colombia (Meditz & Hanratty, 1989). The territory of the contemporary state of Panama was a part of the Panama Department of Gran Colombia.

The people who lived in the Panama Department had, or at least displayed, no strong sense of national identity at that time. Political opportunists, however, attempted, for personal financial gain, on three occasions to establish an independent state in Panama (Meditz & Hanratty, 1989).

The opening of the American west brought new pressures to Panama, because a safer, quicker, and cheaper transport route from the American east to the American west was desired. At this time, American commercial interests obtained a license from the Colombian government, and established a Caribbean to Pacific railroad over a route which approximates the location of the present day Panama Canal (Meditz & Hanratty, 1989). A canal was desired even at this early date, but construction was deferred for a number of reasons. The Americans wanted to build a canal in Nicaragua; however, because of British objections, they did not pursue the proje...

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