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Hay-Herrán Treaty



Hay-Herrán Treaty, agreement (1903) between the United States and Colombia that would have given the United States rights to the Panama Canal Zone. When the Colombian congress refused to ratify, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt gave aid to a revolutionary force, which declared Panama independent.



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