Colombian Intervention

                                         11 MARCH-25 MAY 1885                                      COLOMBIAN INTERVENTION As Prestan’s fires left 8,000 homeless in Colon, the rebellious Azipuru was stirring again on the Pacific side.  Having initially been chased into the hills, Azipuru regained Panama City when Colombian troops crossed the isthmus Read More

Prestan’s Uprising

                                              16-31 MARCH 1885                                            PRESTAN’S UPRISING In the nineteenth century Panama was a province of Colombia.  And in 1885, the Colombian populace became divided over the election of a conservative, Rafael Nunez, to the Presidency in Bogota.  Localized political insurrections broke out, Read More