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In 1501, Rodrigo de Bastidas was the first European to explore the Isthmus of Panama sailing along the eastern coast. A year later Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage, sailing south and eastward from upper Central America, explored Bocas del Toro, Veragua, the Chagres River and Portobelo (Beautiful Port) which he named.
President of the Municipal Council of Panama and de facto President (1903) No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Term of office Political Party Took office Left office Time in office 3 Demetrio H. Brid (1859–1917) 3 November 1903 4 November 1903 1 day PC
Panama is the second country in Latin America (the other being Costa Rica) to permanently abolish its standing army. Panama maintains armed police and security forces, and small air and maritime forces. They are tasked with law enforcement and can perform limited military actions.
United States citizens named it Aspinwall, after one of the founders of the Panama Railroad Company, but the Panamanians christened it Colón, in honor of Columbus. Both names were used for many years, but because the Panamanians insisted that no such place as Aspinwall existed and refused to deliver mail so addressed, the name Colón prevailed.
History of Panama City (2 C, 7 P) S. Settlement schemes in Panama (2 P) Historic sites in Panama (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "History of Panama"
The National Archives of Panama (Spanish: Archivo Nacional de Panamá) is the institution in charge of safeguarding national documents. It was created by Law No. 43 of December 14, 1912, [ 1 ] under the administration of President Belisario Porras , being Panama the first republic in America to have a building dedicated to its national archive .
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This is a list of the individual Panama year pages. Twenty-first century. 2020s 2020 2021 2022 ... History of Panama This page was last edited on 9 February 2024, at ...