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2017 In Panama
Events in the year 2017 in Panama. Incumbents * List of heads of state of Panama, President: Juan Carlos Varela * Vice President of Panama, Vice-President: Isabel Saint Malo Legislative * National Assembly (Panama), President of the National Assembly: Rubén de León Events *13 to 22 January – The 2017 Copa Centroamericana was hosted in Panama. Deaths *13 February – Ricardo Arias Calderón, politician, former Vice President of Panama, Vice President (born 1933). *15 April – Amílcar Henríquez, footballer (b. 1983). *29 May – Manuel Noriega, dictator and military official, List of heads of state of Panama, military ruler (b. 1934). See also *List of number-one tropical songs of 2017 (Panama) References {{Latin America topic, 2017 in 2017 in Panama, 2010s in Panama Years of the 21st century in Panama 2017 in Central America, Panama 2017 by country, Panama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's million people. Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Canal to be completed by the United States Army Corps of En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |