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23 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 13 Jan \ parent \ on: Is it really the plan to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal? Politics_And_Law

It's a good question. I imagine the answer is that they never really turned over de facto control.

65 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 13 Jan

From what I understand Carter came up with a plan to turn it back over to Panama in 1977, which was enacted by Clinton in 1999.

23 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 13 Jan

Yeah, but the US created the entire nation of Panama, in order to build that canal. I have my doubts that they were ever allowed to be very independent.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 13 Jan

They use dollars in Panama

55 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 13 Jan

True. I was there sometime in 2012 or so....funny enough they officially call their currency "Balboas"...and its listed as such on most forex sites.

It was an unexpected trip, so I didnt have time to research, I was rushing around in the airport pre-flight trying to exchange my USD for "Balboas" and the forex guy just laughed and took my 2 x $100 bills and handed them right back and said "poof! now they're Balboas!"