U.S.-Panama pact: a double gain.

UNITED States; PANAMA

The article focuses on the potential benefits of the U.S.-Panama pact to draft a new treaty that will govern the Panama Canal for the U.S. It states that the five guidelines for the new treaty are abrogation of the 1903 treaty, which commits the U.S. into a new direction that will increase its military security and political position in Latin America. It says that the new agreement contains a built-in inducement for future Panamanion-U.S. cooperation in building a sea-level canal in Panama.