Historically, the Panama Canal opened on August 15, 1914.
However, in this time and space, the opening time of the Panama Canal is destined not to be August 15, and its opening will be delayed.
As for why this situation occurs, it is of course Portugal’s fault~
The Panama Canal, located in the Central American country of Panama, crosses the Isthmus of Panama and connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. It is an important shipping artery.
The Panama Canal was first excavated by France and finally built by the United States. It began navigation in 1914 and was owned and managed by the United States for a long time. It is a lock-type canal. The length of the coastline from one side to the other is about 65
Kilometers (40 miles), and from the deep water of the Caribbean Sea to the deep water of the Pacific side is about 82 kilometers (50 miles), the widest place is 304 meters, and the narrowest place is 152 meters.
The Isthmus of Panama, where the canal was dug, has a tropical rainforest climate.
This place is humid and hot, densely covered with jungles, traffic is blocked, the terrain is complex, the infrastructure is backward, and it lacks basic construction conditions.
When France was in charge in the early days, 40,000 construction troops from more than 50 countries were stationed there, and people discovered that it was a hell on earth.
The towering jungle is filled with poisonous insects, which is unbearable. The hot weather has caused the spread of terrible diseases, claiming the lives of a large number of workers and technicians. The numerous tombstones on the Mount of Hope near the Gatun Water Gate are chilling.
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Later, France couldn't continue because they had too many problems.
The French Canal Company also had problems in its operation and management. When the project was unsustainable, the senior management headed by Lesseps embezzled the publicly issued canal stock funds. In order to cover up the truth, it continued to issue additional bonds, and the company used
Large sums of money were used to bribe officials. 150 ministers and members of the French government accepted bribes. However, the fire could not be suppressed. By 1889, the French Interoceanic Canal Company was at the end of its rope and had to declare bankruptcy. Lesseps himself also went to court.
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After much trouble, France couldn't stand it anymore and transferred ownership to the United States.
The interests of this canal called Panama do not belong to Panama. Almost all the interests belong to the United States, and Panama only occupies a small part.
Because Panama is independent from Colombia.
The United States wants to accept the power of the canal, but the Colombian government does not agree. They see the ambition of the United States and do not want the United States to dig the Panama Canal.
As a result, the United States was annoyed by Colombia, so it simply supported its agents and split Panama away at the end of 1903.
On November 18, 1903, the United States and the Republic of Panama signed the "Special Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Panama for the Construction of a Navigable Navigation River Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans", referred to as the "U.S.-Malaysia Treaty" or "Sea John-Buño Varria".
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The treaty stipulates that the United States guarantees Panama's independence. Panama gives the United States a 10-mile-wide canal zone with an area of 1,432 square kilometers for permanent occupation and control. Some islands in the Gulf of Panama are also given to the United States for use. The United States pays Panama a one-time payment of 10 million.
U.S. dollars, starting in 1913, with annual payments of $250,000.
Article 3 even clearly stipulates that the Republic of Panama shall not exercise national sovereignty in the Canal Zone, which turns the Canal Zone into a state within a state.
Article 5 provides that the United States has a permanent monopoly over all property of the Panama Canal and Railroad Company,
Article 8 provided that all property and rights of the French Canal and Railroad Companies be transferred to the United States.
Article 24 stipulates that any future changes in the political situation of the Republic of Panama will not affect the powers granted to the United States under this treaty.
The most important point in the treaty is that the United States has the right to intervene in Panama City and Cologne to maintain public order.
The intervention of the Americans enabled the Panama Canal project to be fully resumed, the budget was under control, and the construction schedule was greatly advanced.
In normal history, the trial navigation was completed on August 15, 1914, and the Panama Canal was officially opened to navigation on June 12, 1920. In the decades of canal excavation, more than 100,000 people worked, and a total of nearly 30,000 people died.
Deaths from injuries and illnesses occurred, including many Eastern workers.
Today, Portugal and the United States are at odds with each other. In addition to no face-to-face war, there are many other fierce confrontations.
The Panama Canal and the "Special Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Panama on the Construction of a Navigable Canal Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans" have now become famous in the world as a traitorous and prosperous treaty through the propaganda of the Portuguese media.
The Panamanian government, a government supported by the United States, is now famous around the world and is notorious domestically.
The upper echelons of Panama are tightly bound to the United States, and they are very comfortable betraying national interests.
The traitors at the top are so easy and unscrupulous, but the Panamanian people will not sit idly by when they see their country's interests being harmed in this way.
Before Portugal formally intervened in Panama, there were many patriotic upper-class, middle-class and low-level people in Panama who had been protesting against the treaty that was a loss of power and an insult to the country.
However, under the suppression of the United States and the Panamanian puppet government, these have become insignificant ripples.
After all, Panama is a small country with a population of less than 500,000. This kind of power is really nothing in front of the United States. It should not be too easy to suppress.
After Tangning Pedro restored the Kingdom of Braganza in Brazil, he established three major intelligence and security bureaus. Among them, the external Golden Gun Bureau penetrated Panama when the bureau was first established.
The anti-American sentiment among Panamanian people is very strong, and coupled with the fueling of public opinion, anti-Americanism has become the consensus of conscientious Panamanians.
However, Panama is a small and weak country. Although the agents of the Golden Gun Bureau directly incited the people in the name of the "Patriot Party" and led several small-scale uprisings, they were still quickly suppressed.
The urban uprising failed, and the remnants of the Patriotic Party led by agents, under the guidance of Tang Ning's Golden Gun Bureau, went to the countryside to fight guerrillas.
However, the uprising was suppressed, and the Patriotic Party was not without gains.
Although the guerrilla force is very small, it is better at maintaining exposure, so Panamanians generally believe that the Patriotic Party represents the interests of Panama.
Conscientious Panamanians either directly join the patriotic guerrillas, or they become the guerrillas' informants, and there are also many who secretly raise resources for the guerrillas.
Even the laborers in the canal digging area are full of Patriot Party spies.
The Patriotic Party has been fighting on a small scale. The United States and the Panamanian puppet government treat them like flies. After several encirclement and suppression campaigns, with limited results and causing a lot of commotion, they gave up.
Anyway, the patriotic guerrillas only have so little strength and can only roam around in the countryside. They don't have the ability to attack the cities, and they don't even have enough attack power to harass the canal zone, so they can make do with it.
Despite the contempt of the United States and the puppet government, the patriotic guerrillas also refrained from attacking, and even when they launched a surprise attack, they held back their efforts.
However, the excavation of the Panama Canal Zone has reached the end, which is different.
The United States has taken the lead and has almost dug the canal. It is time to grab the fruits of victory.
After defeating the United States, successfully seizing power, and annexing Panama to Portugal, then continue to dig out the remaining small section, and then make full use of the value of this canal.
Therefore, on April 15, 1914, the Patriotic Party concentrated its forces and launched an unprecedented and powerful uprising in the Panama Canal Zone and throughout the country.
This chapter has been completed!