Panama Canal: The Endless Debate of the Carter-Torrijos Treaties
  • Title
  • Home
  • Background
  • Debate and Diplomacy
    • The Great Debate
    • Treaty and the Public
    • Treaty and the Senators
    • Carter the Chief Diplomat
    • Victory at Last
    • Senator List
  • Consequences, Successes and Failures
    • Short Term
    • Long Term
    • Unintended Consequences
  • Conclusion
  • Political Cartoons
  • Process Paper
  • Bibliography

Debate and Diplomacy


 To give it away or not

"How could such a good cause get into so much trouble? The Panama Canal treaty, which gradually cedes U.S control over the waterway to Panama by the year 2000, is nothing if not reasonable and conciliatory. It is a common-sense solution to a nagging, decades-old problem - one that has damaged U.S relations not with an enemy but with a relatively good neighbor. Yet opposition has grown so intense that while the treaty is expected to be approved by a plebiscite in Panama this week, it is still in considerable trouble in the U.S Senate."
- Time Essay: That Troublesome Panama Canal Treaty - Edwin Warner, Monday Oct 31, 1977

"It provides that the President has authority to make treaties by seeking the Senate's advise and those treaties become binding when approved by two-thirds of the Senate" -  Source: http://www.articleii.org/chief_diplomat.html
"This is not a partisan issue and the treaties are strongly backed by President Gerald Ford..." - Source: President Carter

Timeline of Events (click on the pictures for details)

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1.  The Great Debate
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        2.  The Treaty and the Public 
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3.  The Treaty and the Senators

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4. Carter the Chief Diplomat
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5.  Victory at Last


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Consequences
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