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Columbus sailed on his fourth and last voyage to the New World, he discovered Honduras and Panama. Columbus was old and frail, he was no longer welcomed on his home port of Hispania, he still thought he had one more voyage in him.
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Later, in 1509 start of the slave trade. They were originally intended to help meant and tend to the boats.
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1,500 Spanish settlers came to Panama
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Joseph Bonaparte was overthrown by Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars.
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an Italian style of operetta designed by architect Genaro Ruggieri
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Unlike France, the U.S. build the canal successfully after 11 years of construction. This, quite literally, paved the path for the first ship, Ancon to cross the finished canal.
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There was an organized coup by the National Guard that overthrew the current elected president and allowed for General Omar Torrijos to emerge as the new leader. General Torrijos made some edits to the legal documents that allowed him to stay in power for longer.
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the first female president elected in 1999
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a massive skyscraper that has curves that look like a screwdriver completed in 2011
