Lower Miocene Stratigraphy along the Panama Canal and Its Bearing on the Central American Peninsula

We documented the existence of a population of the southern Caribbean pontarachnid miteLitarachna caribicafor the first time on the Pacific coast of Panama. Based on morphological observations, this is the first record of a pontarachnid mite with a trans-isthmian distribution, which can be explained by either modern biological dispersal or historical vicariance hypotheses.Litarachna caribicahad either passed through the Panama Canal, successfully colonizing the opposite coast, or previously continuously distributed populations had become disjunct after the rise of the Central American land.

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Neighborly Concern: John Nevin Sayre and the Mission of Peace and Goodwill to Nicaragua, 1927-28

The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History ◽

10.2307/1007325 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 19-46

Author(s):

Charles F. Howlett

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Central American ◽

Panama Canal ◽

Military Assistance ◽

Economic Stability ◽

American Military ◽

Central American Country ◽

Military Presence ◽

Government Rules

For almost two decades prior to 1927 Nicaragua had been governed by Washington “more completely than the American Federal Government rules any state in the Union.” Such governance was justified by the State Department which raised the specter of the Monroe Doctrine not only to bolster America's economic ambitions in the region but also to protect the nation's national security — a fact which took on added importance due to the recent construction of the Panama Canal. From 1912 to 1925, a Legation Guard of United States Marines reminded the country of the overwhelming American dominance. For only a brief period did America's military presence abate. In 1926, however, a civil war broke out that threatened to destroy the political and economic stability the United States had come to rely on. American military assistance was requested and quickly rendered. What events led to U.S. military action in this Central American country?

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Impacts of the Locks Enlargement on the Access to the Panama Canal on Maritime Container Transport in the Central American Region

Logistics Management - Lecture Notes in Logistics ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-13177-1_17 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 213-226 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Joachim R. Daduna ◽

Melina Hanisch

Keyword(s):

Central American ◽

Panama Canal ◽

Container Transport ◽

American Region

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Exploration and Commerce on Lake Nicaragua and the Río San Juan—1524-1800

Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs ◽

10.2307/174848 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 107-125

Author(s):

David R. Radell

Keyword(s):

Caribbean Sea ◽

Central American ◽

Panama Canal ◽

San Juan ◽

Alternate Route ◽

The Pacific ◽

History Of ◽

The Pacific Ocean ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Water Passage

It is not surprising that prior to the construction of the Panama Canal, Nicaragua was considered of strategic importance to the world's major sea powers. Together the Río San Juan and Lake Nicaragua provide a water passage from the Caribbean Sea to within 20 kilometers of the Pacific Ocean (see map). In addition to its obvious inter-oceanic canal potential, this water passage was primarily useful for hundreds of years as an alternate route for the pirate-threatened Central American colonial commerce.A remarkable number of historical and geographical misconceptions have appeared in the literature concerning this river. The recent publication of the seventeen-volume Colección Somoza containing documents relating to the history of Nicaragua from 1503 to 1550 does much to clarify this period of exploration and navigation.

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Explaining Washington's Central American Policies

Journal of Latin American Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022216x00000742 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 321-363 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Laurence Whitehead

Keyword(s):

Central America ◽

Ronald Reagan ◽

Substantial Proportion ◽

Central American ◽

Panama Canal ◽

Political Capital ◽

Risk Of Falling ◽

Secretary Of State ◽

Real Risk

Why have the Washington authorities under both Democrat and Republican administrations chosen to devote so much time, money, and political capital to the pursuit of a policy in Central America that most international opinion, and a substantial proportion of domestic US opinion, considers to be unwarranted interference? The standard answers to this question fall into two main groups, each with strong ideological connotations. The official American position, most forcefully expressed in speeches by such prominent figures as ex-Secretary of State Alexander Haig, UN ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick and President Ronald Reagan himself, judge events in Central America as yet another example of worldwide Soviet expansionism, in this case channelled through Cuba. On this view, it is not possible for America to stand back from the struggles of this small and apparently unimportant region, for unless the Russian cause is decisively rebuffed there is a real risk of ‘falling dominoes’, to the Panama Canal and beyond in one direction, and even northward into Mexico.

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Occurrence and biogeographic significance of Heliaster (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Pliocene of southwest Florida

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/s0022336000058960 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 62 (01) ◽

pp. 126-132 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Douglas S. Jones ◽

Roger W. Portell

Keyword(s):

Central American ◽

Eastern Pacific ◽

Whole Body ◽

Marine Fauna ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

Southwest Florida ◽

Extant Species ◽

Geologic Record ◽

Central American Isthmus

Whole body asteroid fossils are rare in the geologic record and previously unreported from the Cenozoic of Florida. However, specimens of the extant species,Heliaster microbrachiusXantus, were recently discovered in upper Pliocene deposits. This marks the first reported fossil occurrence of the monogeneric Heliasteridae, a group today confined to the eastern Pacific. This discovery provides further non-molluscan evidence of the close similarities between the Neogene marine fauna of Florida and the modern fauna of the eastern Pacific. The extinction of the heliasters in the western Atlantic is consistent with the pattern of many other marine groups in the region which suffered impoverishment following uplift of the Central American isthmus.

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