1.   Latin American countries voted in favour, and the United States was joined by most Western nations and the new Panamanian government in voting against.

2.   American officials have been unhappy in the past when the authorities blocked their efforts to investigate some Americans here with close ties to the Panamanian government.

3.   Annual payments to the Panamanian government will be held for a year, to ensure that enough resources are available to maintain and operate the canal.

4.   As nearly a century of U.S. domination draws to a close, the Panamanian government is offering them for sale or lease to the highest bidder.

5.   All have now been turned over to the Panamanian government.

6.   But when the Panamanian government realized that it had misjudged the degree of opposition, it turned around and said it would not take refugees after all.

7.   Federal officials contacted the Panamanian government and received permission to bring the vessel into Houston under the jurisdiction of U.S. drug and smuggling laws.

8.   In the meantime the Panamanian government faces a major test of stewardship with the transfer of Fort Amador.

9.   Now, as nearly a century of American domination draws to a close, the Panamanian government is offering them for sale or lease to the highest bidder.

10.   Now, after decades of institutionalized abuse, the Panamanian government has been shamed into closing its most notorious prison.