History UsefulNotes / Panama

!!Famous Panamanians:
* Music/EricDolphy was born to Panamanian immigrants in Los Angeles.
* Creator/YaphetKotto's mother was of Panamanian and Caribbean descent.
* Creator/PatrickWayne, second son of Creator/JohnWayne. His mother is the daughter of Panama's Consul General to the U.S. at the time.
* Creator/CarlosCarrasco (''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', ''Series/{{Angel}}'')
* Wrestling/HulkHogan has some Panamanian ancestry through his mother.
* Angela Gisela Brown, an Afro-Panamanian who ended up becoming a part of the House of UsefulNotes/{{Liechtenstein}} when she married Prince Maximilian, second son of the reigning Hans-Adam II, making her the first member of the dynasty to be of mostly-African descent.
* Music/JeffBuckley, son of Music/TimBuckley with a Zonian (American settlers of the Panama Canal Zone) mother.
* Creator/JAugustRichards came from an Afro-Panamanian family.
* Creator/LoriHeuring was born in Panama but later moved to the United States.
* Creator/MelissaDeSousa was born to Panamanian parents.
* Creator/TessaThompson has Afro-Panamanian ancestry through her father.
* Actress and singer Creator/TatyanaAli is partially Afro-Panamanian through her mother.
* Music/{{Ericdoa}} (Eric George Lopez) is of Panamanian and Puerto Rican descent.

During The Seventies the country became a dictatorship under General Omar Torrijos. When he died on a mysterious plane crash, his dictatorship became a BananaRepublic under the command of CIA pawn Manuel Noriega, who then became a despot rebel. His reign ended when the United States invaded in 1989, removing Noriega in an attack called "Operation Just Cause", notable for the first use of the F-117A Nighthawk... destroying half the city in the process. Since then, it's been a democracy and has been fast-growing economically. It is today the third richest country in Latin America (after UsefulNotes/{{Chile}} and UsefulNotes/{{Uruguay}}) and the richest in Central America.

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The Republic of Panama (Spanish: ''República de Panamá'') is a Central American country and the southernmost country in the continent of North America. Before 1903, Panama was just another province of UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}}. Even before that, it was an isthmus discovered by Spanish explorer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa]] in 1510. He deemed this narrow girth suitable for a trade shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Since then, Panama became known as the "Camino Real" (Royal Way)... but locals also have a less-than-flattering name for it: "Camino del Cruces" (Way of Crosses), because there's the chances of dying within its treacherous, mosquito-infested jungles before one can even reach the other end of the isthmus.

For all its potential wealth, however, Panama proved to be a geopolitical headache for the rulers in Bogota. Isolated from the mainland by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darién_Gap the formidable Darién marshlands]], Panama was rocked by indigenous rebels and Dutch/English pirates, as well as the occasional freed African-American group. One English privateer, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake Sir Francis Drake]], was so successful Spain only managed to pacify him by [[EnemyMine forging an alliance with him, guaranteeing Drake freedom in exchange for providing them with military support]]. And even when Spain finally completed its conquest of Panama, the same nationalist spirit started to pervade its new Spanish majority.

* '''Lowest points:''' Caribbean Sea (7,686 m/25,217 ft) (-) and Pacific Ocean (10,911 m/35,797 ft) (-)

Panama is a Central American country and the southernmost country in the continent of North America. Before 1903, Panama was just another province of UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}}. Even before that, it was an isthmus discovered by Spanish explorer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa]] in 1510. He deemed this narrow girth suitable for a trade shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Since then, Panama became known as the "Camino Real" (Royal Way)... but locals also have a less-than-flattering name for it: "Camino del Cruces" (Way of Crosses), because there's the chances of dying within its treacherous, mosquito-infested jungles before one can even reach the other end of the isthmus.

* '''Highest point:''' Volcán Barú (3475 m/11,401 ft) (55th)

* '''Highest point:''' Volcán Barú (3475 m/11,401 ft) (74th)

* '''Lowest point:''' Caribbean Sea (7,686 m/25,217 ft) (-) and Pacific Ocean (10,911 m/35,797 ft) (-)

[[AC: The Panamanian Flag]]
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->The flag's blue and red quarters symbolize Panama's conservative and liberal factions, respectively, and the white quarters signify peace and harmony between both parties. Blue and red can also symbolize the seas and the blood shed by its liberators, respectively. The blue star represents purity and honesty, while the red star authority and the law.

* '''Country calling code:''' 507

* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' PA

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Panama is a tropical nation rich in wildlife, including sloths, harpy eagles (the national bird), jaguars, and red frogs (the latter which can found in places including the vicinity of a popular beach in the northwest named after the amphibian). Panama is home to a biological focused Smithsonian Institution bureau, the only one based outside the U.S.

* The [[VideoGame/UnchartedDrakesFortune first installment]] of the ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' series begins off the coast of Panama. ''[[VideoGame/UnchartedGoldenAbyss Golden Abyss]]'' features a temple area and a dig site in the country, and ''[[VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd A Thief's End]]'' includes flashback events and a multiplayer map set in and/or near a prison by the coast, where Nathan Drake's brother Sam gets imprisoned for over a decade.

Even as New Granada is shaking off Spanish rule, separatists in Panama City, the trade route's southern terminus, are slowly influencing José de Fábrega, the colony's staunchly loyalist head of military, to turn to their side, giving them an advantage. After some negotiations with Simon Bolivar, in 1821 Panama was admitted to the newly-independent New Granada, now under the name Gran Colombia, and would maintain a precarious alliance with Colombia long after Gran Colombia broke up -- which would also break down like it did with Venezuela and Ecuador.

During The Seventies the country became a dictatorship under General Omar Torrijos. When he died on a mysterious plane crash, his dictatorship became a BananaRepublic under the command of CIA pawn Manuel Noriega, who then became a despot rebel. His reign ended when the United States invaded in 1989, removing Noriega in an attack called "Operation Just Cause", notable for the first use of the F-117A Nighthawk... destroying half the city in the process. Since then, it's been a democracy.

* A major setting in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2''. The various characters discuss in loving detail what a backstabbing, doublecrossing slimeball Manuel Noriega is. The Cold War half of the plot climaxes during the 1989 invasion.

* Panama is the setting for the third mission of ''Creator/TomClancy's VideoGame/SplinterCell: Chaos Theory''; Sam Fisher has to infiltrate the MCAS Banco de Panama in Panama City when it's discovered some of the payment for the kidnapping that kicked off the game's plot came from them. It's also mentioned in the briefing for the level that the bank in question had a hand in holding some of Noriega's drug money back in the 80s, and that most of the intel Third Echelon has on it now comes from Fisher's team of Navy [=SEALs=] infiltrating it to secure that money during Operation Just Cause.
* The first installment of ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' begins off the coast of Panama. ''Golden Abyss'' features a temple area and a dig site in the country, and ''A Thief's End'' includes flashback events and a multiplayer map set in and/or near a prison by the coast, where Nathan Drake's brother Sam gets imprisoned for over a decade.

Panama is a Central American country and the bridge of the continent of North America with the continent of South America. Before 1903, Panama was just another province of UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}}. Even before that, it was an isthmus discovered by Spanish explorer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa]] in 1510. He deemed this narrow girth suitable for a trade shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Since then, Panama became known as the "Camino Real" (Royal Way)... but locals also have a less-than-flattering name for it: "Camino del Cruces" (Way of Crosses), because there's the chances of dying within its treacherous, mosquito-infested jungles before one can even reach the other end of the isthmus.

Panama is a Central American country and the boundary of the continent of North America with the continent of South America. Before 1903, Panama was just another province of UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}}. Even before that, it was an isthmus discovered by Spanish explorer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa]] in 1510. He deemed this narrow girth suitable for a trade shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Since then, Panama became known as the "Camino Real" (Royal Way)... but locals also have a less-than-flattering name for it: "Camino del Cruces" (Way of Crosses), because there's the chances of dying within its treacherous, mosquito-infested jungles before one can even reach the other end of the isthmus.

Before 1903, Panama was just another province of UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}}. Even before that, it was an isthmus discovered by Spanish explorer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa]] in 1510. He deemed this narrow girth suitable for a trade shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Since then, Panama became known as the "Camino Real" (Royal Way)... but locals also have a less-than-flattering name for it: "Camino del Cruces" (Way of Crosses), because there's the chances of dying within its treacherous, mosquito-infested jungles before one can even reach the other end of the isthmus.