Panamanians try to force their way through the entrance at the Panama Canal Miraflores locks...

Panamanians try to force their way through the entrance at the Panama Canal Miraflores locks December 14. The protesters rallied to denounce any future U.S. presence in the country, and a government plan to flood some indigenous and farming communities to increase the water supply for the canal. [Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter formally placed the Panama Canal into Panamanian hands on Tuesday with the simple words, "it's yours", granting the tiny Central American nation sovereignty over all its territory for the first time since its birth in 1903.]