From powerhouse to pawn, the region has slowly descended under American rule ...

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The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

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It was then turned into a US protectorate (or colony.) Roosevelt bragged, “I took the Isthmus, started the canal and then left Congress not to debate the canal, but to debate me.” ...