Sept. 19-22, 1856:
“To protect U.S. interests during an insurrection.”*
Sept. 27-Oct.8, 1865:
“To protect U.S. interests during a revolution.”
April 1868:
“To protect the property and lives of U.S. residents
during a revolution.”
May 7-22 and Sept.23-Oct.9, 1873:
“To protect U.S. interests during hostilities caused by
the inauguration of the government of Panama.”
January 18-19, 1885:
“To protect objects of value being moved by Panama’s
railroad, as well as the Company’s safes and vaults
during revolutionary activity.”
March and April 1885:
“To re-establish free transit during revolutionary
activity.”‘
March 8-9, 1895:
“To protect U.S. interests during an attack on the town
of Bocas del Toro by a bandit leader.”
Nov.20-Dec.4, 1901:
“To protect U.S. property in the Isthmus and maintain
transit lines open during serious revolutionary distur-
bances.”
April 16-23, 1902:
“To protect U.S. lives and property in Bocas del Toro
during a civil war.”
Sept. 17-Nov.18, 1902:
“To place armed guards in all crossing trains and
maintain the railway open.”
1903-1914:
“To protect U.S. interests and lives during and fol-
lowing the revolution of independence from Colom-
bia, due to the construction of the canal in the Isthmus.
With short interruptions, the Marines were stationed in
the Isthmus from Nov. 4, 1903 until Jan. 21, 1914 to
safeguard U.S. interests.”
Nov. 17-24, 1904:
“To protect U.S. lives and property in Anc6n, at the
time of insurrectionary threat.”
1912:
“At the request of the political parties, U.S. troops
supervised elections outside the Canal Zone.”
1918-1920:
“For police duties, according to treaty stipulations,
during electoral disturbances and subsequent agita-
tion.”
April, 1921:
“A U.S. Navy squadron held maneuvers on both
sides of the Isthmus to prevent war between the
two countries [Panama and Costa Rica] over a
border dispute.”
Oct. 12-23, 1925:
“Strikes and riots by tenants obliged some 600 U.S.
soldiers to disembark to maintain order and protect
U.S. interests.”
Jan. 9, 1964:
To stop Panamanian students who sought to raise
the Panamanian flag in the Canal Zone, U.S. soldiers
killed 21 and wounded more than 500.
March and April 1988:
To overthrow the government, the United States im-
posed devastating economic sanctions.
“* Quotes extracted from a longer list of U.S. interventions
in the hemisphere presented in Senate testimony by Secre-
tary of State Dean Rusk in 1962 to justify the option of
direct intervention in Cuba.
Source: Este Pais #2, July 1986, CEASPA, Panama.
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