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Panama is world famous for the Panama canal. Panama declared\
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independence from Colombia in 1903 under US protection. Panamanian\
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politics remained dominated by the United States for most of the 20th\
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military invasion to unseat and arrest General Noriega. Sovereignty over\
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the Canal Zone was transferred to Panama in 1999. Panama is one of the\
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few countries in the world without a standing army.")