who uncovered the panama papers?
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What Are the Panama Papers? The Panama Papers refer to the 11.5 million leaked encrypted confidential documents that were the property of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca. The documents were released on April 3, 2016, by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), dubbing them the “Panama Papers.”
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United States Recognition of Panama, 1903. On November 3, 1903, Panamanians had revolted against the Colombian government, declared an independent Republic of Panama, and established a provisional government junta.
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Following the failure of a French construction team in the 1880s, the United States commenced building a canal across a 50-mile stretch of the Panama isthmus in 1904. ... Opened in 1914, oversight of the world-famous Panama Canal was transferred from the U.S. to Panama in 1999.
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In 1609, the merchants of the Dutch East India Company hired English explorer Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Hudson navigated along the North American coast looking for a more southern, ice-free route across the North American continent to the Pacific Ocean.
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Money in Panama. Panama's official currency is the balboa. The rate of exchange for the balboa has always been tied to the US dollar—one dollar equals one balboa. Panama does not, however, print its own paper currency and instead uses the US dollar as legal tender.
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The United States established diplomatic relations with Panama in 1903 following its declaration of independence from Colombia. That year, through the Hay/Bunau-Varilla Treaty, Panama granted the United States rights to a zone spanning the country to build, administer, fortify and defend an inter-oceanic canal.
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A US man almost became the world's richest person after Paypal accidentally credited his account with $92 quadrillion (£60 quadrillion). The amount would have made him the world's first quadrillionaire with a wealth over 1,000 times greater than the planet's entire GDP.
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As long as the information is available within the US and the CIA is the official author, extremely reliable. If the CIA plants the story in some foreign news media covertly and the US government has some hostile relation with the local government, then is when you need to be skeptical.
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Important Events From This day in History May 31st. 2005 : The former member of the FBI "W. Mark Felt" stepped forward as "Deep Throat," the secret Washington Post source who worked with reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein that helped bring down President Richard M. Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
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Personal life. He is a descendant of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the famous French diplomat and entrepreneur who built the Suez Canal and started the Panama Canal. His former wives include LuAnn de Lesseps, an American television personality and former fashion model. With Luann he had 2 children, Noel and Victoria.
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The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty signed, granting the United States a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama and the right to build and fortify the Panama Canal. United States acquires control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million from Panama. ... Panama adopts the US dollar as its currency.
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The first European expedition to actually reach the west coast was led by the Spaniard Vasco Núñez de Balboa, who reached the Pacific coast of Panama in 1513. In an act of enduring historical importance, Balboa claimed the Pacific Ocean for the Spanish Crown, as well as all adjoining land and islands.
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['Nicanor Abelardo (1893–1934)', 'Estrella Alfon (1917–1983)', 'Francisco Arcellana (1916–2002)', 'Liwayway A. Arceo (1920–1999)', 'Francisco Balagtas (1788–1862)', 'Lualhati Bautista (b. 1945)', 'Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (b. 1947)', 'Resil Mojares (b. 1943)']
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Spanish colonial period. In 1501, Rodrigo de Bastidas was the first European to explore the Isthmus of Panama sailing along the eastern coast.
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The Isthmus of Panama (Spanish: Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darrienn (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.
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It is not a US territory. In 1903 with US help, it is Panama declared its independence from Colombia. ... The US completed the treaty on December 31, 1999. The US never owned any part of Panamanian territory only a lease right which has now been terminated.
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The Isthmus of Panama (Spanish: Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America. It contains the country of Panama and the Panama Canal.