spain controlled panama before the us stepped in.
who controlled panama before the us stepped in?
spain
pan american-grace airways









































pan american-grace airways, better known as panagra, was an airline formed as a joint venture between pan american world airways and grace shipping company.









































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panagra's network stretched from panama and the u.s.-controlled panama canal zone to santiago, chile and buenos aires. it was founded in 1929 to compete with scadta, a german-owned company, and held a quasi-monopoly over air travel in parts of colombia and south america during the 1940s and 1950s.
pan american-grace airways
the history of panama during world war ii begins in 1939. due to the american-controlled panama canal cutting across the center of the country, panama was of major strategic importance to the allied war effort, as well as the most important strategic location in latin america during world war ii. it provided an invaluable link between the atlantic and pacific oceans that was vital to both commerce and the defense of the western hemisphere. therefore, the defense of the canal zone was the united states' chief concern in the american theater. panama never received lend-lease assistance, but in return for the rights to build military infrastructure within panamanian territory, the united states undertook large-scale public works projects, which did much to modernize the country and boost the economy.
panama during world war ii