Between 1841 and 1903, it made no fewer than fifty-three attempts to  secede from its southern neighbor.
Between 1841 and 1903, it made no fewer than fifty-three attempts to  secede from its southern neighbor. The last of these was finally successful,  thanks in part to the sudden arrival of a boatload of marines on the USS  Nashville, who drove Colombian troops out of the port of Colon. FTP, name  this central American country, whose first act as an independent nation was  to sign a treaty with the U.S. for the building of a canal.
Between 1841 and 1903, it made no fewer than fifty-three attempts to  secede from its southern neighbor.
{Panama}