Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Muna 1899, Isthmian Canal Commission yakagadzwa kuti ione kuti ndeipi nzvimbo yaizova yakanakisisa nokuda kwomugero wacho (Nicaragua kana kuti Panama) uye ipapo kutarisira kuvakwa kwomugero wacho. Pashure pokunge Nicaragua yarambwa, Panama yakanga iri chisarudzo chiri pachena. Zvisinei, zvinetso zvishomanene zvakanga zvavapo. Nefariro dzeUnited States dzakasimbiswa muPanama (ipapo chikamu chiduku cheColombia), vose vari vaviri Colombia nekambani yeFrance iyo yaifanira kugovera zvinhu zvokuvakisa yakakwidza mitengo yayo. United States, ichiramba kubhadhara mari dzakakwirira kupfuura dzaitarisirwa, "yakagadzira chinjo" muColombia. Pana November 3, 1903, Panama (iine tsigiro yeUnited States Navy) yakapandukira Colombia. Panama yakava republic itsva, ichigamuchira $10 miriyoni kubva kuU.S. yoga. Panama yakawanawo muripo wegore negore we $250,000, uye vimbiso yokuzvimirira. U.S. yakawana maruramiro omumugwagwa
"nokusingaperi". Roosevelt gare gare akati "akatora Canal, ndokurega Congress ichikurukura". Pashure pokunge Colombia yarasikirwa nePanama, vakaedza kukwezva United States kupfurikidza nokurangarirazve zvibvumirano uye kunyange kudana Guta rePanama kuti guta guru reColombia.