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1821
Panama becomes independent from Spain and passes to the jurisdiction of Colombia -
1835
Colombia grants France a concession to build a Panama Canal. -
1880
The construction of the French project begins. Eight years later the French declared bankruptcy. Twenty thousand workers
They die in the failed attempt. -
1902
U.S. Senate chooses Panama route instead of Nicaragua to build the canal. -
1903
Panama separates from Colombia and then signs treaty with US
To build the track. -
1904
EEUU start the construction of the canal -
1964
Violent riots on demand to raise the flag of Panama in a school in the Canal zone. Twenty-three Panamanians and four American soldiers die. -
1969
President Arnulf Arias is deposed in a coup d'état; The military will control power for the next 21 years. -
1977
U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian military leader Omar Torrijos sign the Treaties that establish the delivery of the channel in 1999. -
1979
The Treaties enter into force and the channel zone as such ceases to exist. -
1981
Torrijos dies in an aviation accident. -
1990
Fernando Manfredo becomes the first Panamanian administrator of the channel, a position that until then had been only occupied by American citizens. -
2007
The expansion works of the Panama Canal are started, with the creation of a third lane for larger container ships. -
2016
The expanded canal capable of transporting Post-Panama ships of up to 14000 commercial containers is inaugurated.