Panama traditionally has been closely connected with the USA than any other state in the South America and Central America excluding Mexico. The state is famous for the Panama Canal, that was constructed by the USA for military and business motives at the beginning of the 20th century. The USA maintained independence over divisions of Panama till 1999. Nevertheless, the former historical problems of Panama will be dealt with here. As the explorers from Spain reached Panama, a number of researchers have speculated that there existed an approximate populace of 700,000—750,000 Cuna Indians, despite the fact that there are changeable speculations of the whole amount of the Indians that occupied the territory. Two more tribes of Indians were singled out by scientists. These are the Chocó and the Guaymí. The latter ones from the mountains near the Costa Rican frontier are considered to be identified with the Nahuatlan and Mayan folks from Central America and Mexico. The Chocó happen to be connected with the Chibcha from Colombia. Though the Cuna, at present found as a rule in the Comarca de San Blas, (that is an aboriginal area and considered territory of the Colón Province because of a number of official reasons) that have been classified as a part of the Caribbean ethnicity. In fact their origin is still a matter in question. Most scientists have focused their attention on the possibility of a language link between the term Cuna and Arawak and Carib ethnic names. The probability of cultural connections with the Indians from Andes has been theorized, and also a number of ethnologists have pointed towards linguistic similarities with the Chibcha. The idea is that the vast lowlands of Colombia, that are considered to be the isthmus, caused migration in that way.
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