hopes to rise from obscurity with the common goal to become a more productive and

cohesive country. Panama is indeed known as one of the worlds emergent nations. There

are many plans under way to ensure a better, more productive future for Panama. The

current president, Ernesto Perez's main platform was to modernize Panama. He hopes to

achieve this by reforming labor codes, investment laws, decreasing import barriers,

privatizing the public sector companies, passing anti-monopoly laws and improve

Panama-US relations, just to name a few. President Perez is planning redevelopment of

the Panama Canal Zone. Efficient operation of the Zone is expected in the year 2000.

The most important interest the United States has in Panama is definitely the

Panama Canal. (2.)The Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and1979 returns the Canal from the

U.S. control to the Panamanians. Between that time the U.S. agreed to pay $10 million

for control of the Canal until 1999. Also an annuity of $250,000 was tacked on and we

promised independence for Panama. Each year the price we pay for the canal rises. The

just. Panama and the Canal area will one day be a very stable nation and as it emerges

expected to recover all costs of operating and maintaining the canal through tolls and

States is one of the major users of the canal.

excellent snorkeling, skin diving, and fishing adventures. The climate in Panama is tropical

amount of profit from the tolls if we didn't have to rent the canal from Panama every year

annuities. The revenues are deposited into a U.S. Treasury accounted known as Panama

86,000 acres of the canal is made up U.S. military infrastructure.

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