Panama

Panama
Location	Central America
Type	nation state
Member of	UN
Has a globally important shipping route.

Importance

The Panama Canal is a shipping route of international importance.

History

Full article: United States invasion of Panama

The country was invaded by US when Manuel Noriega ceased being a reliable executor of instructions from the US.

Army abolition

It abolished its army in 1990. Its northern neighbour, Costa Rica, abolished its army in 1949.

 

Group

A Group Headquartered Here	Description
Mossack Fonseca	Panamanian law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers data leak.

References

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