Undocumented US Forces Invade Panama again! 1860

On September 27, 1860, undocumented US forces landed in Colombia at the Bay of Panama, to protect North American interests during a revolution. (I think that we’ve heard this excuse before?)  At least, that was the North American perspective.  The Colombian perspective was that the US was interfering with their sovereignty while the Colombians legitimately defended their nation from insurrection by enemy combatants.  (No watermelons were implicated or harmed in this invasion – please refer to September 19, 1856.)
El 27 de septiembre de 1860, fuerzas estadounidenses indocumentadas desembarcaron en Colombia en la Bahía de Panamá, para proteger los intereses norteamericanos durante una revolución. (¿Creo que hemos escuchado esta excusa antes?) Al menos, esa era la perspectiva de América del Norte. La perspectiva colombiana era que Estados Unidos estaba interfiriendo con su soberanía mientras los colombianos defendían legítimamente a su nación de la insurrección de los combatientes enemigos. (No hubo sandías implicadas ni dañadas en esta invasión; consulte el 19 de septiembre de 1856).

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