Panama on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of a historic deal to hand over the Panama Canal with low-key celebrations, only four days after work started on expanding the world-famous passage, and even as the future of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega was being decided in the United States. The agreements which Panamanian strongman Omar Torrijos and then US president Jimmy Carter signed on September 7, 1977 launched a process which concluded on December 31, 1999 with the United States handing control of the canal to Panamanian authorities.
The Panamanian Foreign Ministry organized a conference Friday to mark the anniversary, but the minister himself did not attend.
At the gathering, Adolfo Ahumada - a member of the Panama Canal board of directors and who participated in the run-up to the 1977 treaties - said that the crucial aspect of the treaties was the disappearance of the Canal Zone, one of the last colonial enclaves in Latin America, which until then was ruled by a governor and had foreign laws.
To mark the anniversary, the Panamanian government announced Friday the printing of a new postage stamp with the faces of Carter and Torrijos over the canal.
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The Panamanian Foreign Ministry organized a conference Friday to mark the anniversary, but the minister himself did not attend.
At the gathering, Adolfo Ahumada - a member of the Panama Canal board of directors and who participated in the run-up to the 1977 treaties - said that the crucial aspect of the treaties was the disappearance of the Canal Zone, one of the last colonial enclaves in Latin America, which until then was ruled by a governor and had foreign laws.
To mark the anniversary, the Panamanian government announced Friday the printing of a new postage stamp with the faces of Carter and Torrijos over the canal.
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