PF 38 1957 Dwight D Eisenhower Visit Fort Clayton Panama

This is # 38 of the 8mm Panama Family movie set. Shows what happen on the day President Eisenhower's Christmas visit including his motorcade. You can see Eisenhower in the glass top car as they drive by entering and a second time as they exit.

[@davidrimanich5050]

What a great loss for the US to give away a $32 trillion dollar asset for FREE , without any conditions , not protecting its national security interest or its impact on its national economic interest. One day the US will suffer for it governments lack of concern in maintaining control of this major gate way .

[@alpringle5000]

When you obtain something in a wrongful way you are bound to lose it sooner or later.

[@davidrimanich5050]

@@alpringle5000 It was obtained in a legally binding contract,no other nation would hand over a asset of any value because the other party was unhappy with the decision it leaders had made, look at China if they make deal with your country try to undo it and view the result. the US had to purchase the land the canal was built on from the property owners before the construction and then made a yearly payment to the panama govt that was agreed upon in the contract, this fact is left out canal claims.

[@alpringle5000]

@@davidrimanich5050 Believe me. Like most Panamanians, at the time before the handover we wanted the US to stay. No one knew how the government would operate the canal with the corruption being so rampant among government officials.
But you can't deny history. The deal that handed the guarantee of the land and operations of the canal to the US was signed by a Frenchman in Washington. Panama gained independence from Spain and voluntarily joined Colombia. A war broke out. Panama was looking for a way out. The US offered it and Panama in a way, took it. I say in a way because of? "The Frenchman". So the way the US obtained the lease was not straight forward and Panama was kept out of most of the dealings.
Fast forward to now. Do you think the expansion would have been possible? How are Panamanians operating the canal? I give them an AAA+. Panama is the #1 economy in Latin America. Migrants who can't make it to the US chose Panama instead. The US still has rights to the canal. And many other good things have happened since the handover.

[@hawkinsa90]

Corrupcion galopante still in 2021.

[@inhocsignovinces1081]

Panama did not sign the treaty with the U.S. in 1903. A French official illegally signed the treaty on behalf of Panama.