- PANAMA - A Country Study Search Panama Include word variants Use only words as entered. PANAMA Foreword ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE COUNTRY PROFILE COUNTRY GEOGRAPHY SOCIETY ECONOMY TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS NATIONAL SECURITY Introduction Chapter 1. Historical Setting THE CONQUEST THE SPANISH COLONY THE COLOMBIA DEPARTMENT Independence from Spain The California Gold ...lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/patoc.html