![]() ![]() In 1914, canal tolls totaled $4,000,000 in 1970, without any increase in the amount of the tolls, the total was $100,000,000.government had spent a total of $75,000,000 to acquire the Louisiana Territory, Florida, California, New Mexico and other western land, the Gadsden Purchase, Alaska and the Philippines. Corruption in the Panamanian government began with the very first president who reportedly stole $200,000 to $300,000 from the treasury, either directly or by inflating expenditures. ![]() cultures was wide-Americans were seen as loud, arrogant, rude and drunk and Panamanians as ignorant and grouchy. Many locals had their homes and land taken from them and were arbitrarily relocated. commissaries supplying provisions to workers at low prices.
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