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National Defense: THE STRATEGIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA
On the two following pages TIME presents a map of the most important strategic area in the Western Hemisphere: the approaches to the Panama Canal.Until the U. S.
Panama City Tries to Exorcise its Red Devils
Barreling down Balboa Avenue, belching diesel fumes as they bully fancy European sports cars out of the way, the second-hand American school buses that pass for Panama City’s public transportation system seem like dinosaurs that took a wrong exit off the time-space continuum. Known as “red devils,” these graffiti-covered relics offer one of the few relics of Panama City’s origins.
Strong earthquake shakes Panama
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 shook Panama Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.