1. US imperialism and the panama canal
"Today," he wrote, "the United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its fiat law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition." ... Their conviction that they were not equals with the United States in the Union was strengthened when the American government directly interfered with a revolution in Chile in 1891 and a trade dispute in Brazil in 1893. ... As a result, the United States acquired a considerable number of tiny islands in the Pacific. ... During World War II, the United States stationed 65,000 troops in Panama to protect the canal. ... Bunau-Varilla r...
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