With the help of the U.S., this country gained its independence from Colombia in 1903
The Panama Canal Treaty of 1903 gave the United States 
ownership of a... [DOC] [TLE] The 1903 Treaty and Qualified Independence - Country Studies [PAR] This treaty, however, was not ratified in Bogot, and the United States, 
determined to ... By July 1903, when the course of internal Colombian opposition 
to the ...