[j_accuse]

About the author

Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald columnist Andres Oppenheimer, author of five best-sellers on Latin American affairs and whose syndicated column appears in 55 major U.S. and Latin American newspapers, comments on the latest events in Latin America and U.S.- Latin American affairs. He is a member of The Miami Herald team that won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize. He also won the 1999 Maria Moors Cabot Award, the 2001 King of Spain prize, and the 2005 Emmy Suncoast award.

[Old_Mil]

Nice attempt at trying to tie two entirely unrelated issues together. Turning over the canal to Panama after we spent the blood and sweat to built it was foolish. Allowing the Chinese to get involved, even moreso.

Selective colonialism isn't necessarily a bad thing, even if you support immigration controls.

[sittnick]

I am pro-Hispanic, but I remember the debates. It had nothing to do with dislike or fear of Panama. It had more to do with "We bought it, we built it, it's ours."

Was TR doing some strong-arming? Yes. But there would not be an independent Panama without it. They got plenty of dough, and we didn't have the Red Chinese managing things.

[Regulator]

Oh, another legitimization of the theft, er, giveaway of American property by the Carter administration?

My but the Chinese and the Conquistadors do spend a lot of time trying to convince everyone how wonderful they are.

[j_accuse]

		REFERENDUM 2006
		El Pictures of Panamanians voting on the future of the Panama Canal

[MinorityRepublican]

This is the 21st Century and at some part we had to turn over the canal. Just like we would had given up the military base in Cuba if the country didn't become Communist.

[packrat35]

None of those statistics are really inpressive.

My wife still hates Jimmy Carter for giving away the canal. James Baker (R-TN) at the time, helped Jimmy push this through. Yes the same James Baker on the Iraq Study Group.