Blog: Between Charybdis and Scylla: Greeks and Romans in Panama After 1903
By Catherine Muñoz Arango | November 16, 2020
On November 3, 1903, the Department of the Isthmus separated from the Republic of Colombia and became its own republic. This act ended 82 years of history between them. The reason? to allow the US to build a canal after Colombia refused to in August of that same year.