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| 1903 |
| | | A US warship appears off the coast of Panama in support of rebels declaring an independent republic | |
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| 1903 |
| | | The Colombian government rejects the Hay-Herrán treaty with the US on the Panama canal, thus prompting the break-away of Panama | |
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| 1903 |
| | | The USA is granted exclusive control in perpetuity of a ten-mile corridor across Panama, suitable for a canal | |
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| 1904 |
| | | The US consul in Mexico, Edward Herbert Thompson, begins a very profitable excavation at the Mayan site of Chichén Itzá | |
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| 1906 |
| | | The Great Valparaiso Earthquake damages much of central Chile and is felt from Peru to Buenos Aires | |
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| 1909 |
| | | President Taft sends marines to Nicaragua after the government there executes two US citizens | |
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| 1910 |
| | | A revolution begins in Mexico that will last ten years before being resolved | |
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| 1911 |
| | | President Taft sends US marines to Honduras to protect American banana interests during a spell of political turmoil | |
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| 1911 |
| | | Emiliano Zapata leads peasant groups in the Mexican revolution, under the slogan 'Land and Liberty' | |
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| 1912 |
| | | President Taft sends US marines into Nicaragua during a period of disorder | |
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