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The slice of watermelon
nicole coba
Created on April 16, 2021
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Transcript
The slice of watermelon
On April 15, 1856, the incident of the Slice of Sandia took place in Panama City. ... It happened, then, that an American Jack Oliver, approached the fruit stand, took a piece of watermelon and then threw the rest of the watermelon on the ground.
How it happened
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How much did the slice of watermelon cost?
the American Jack Oliver, drunk and accompanied by a small group of Americans, decides to take a piece of watermelon from the seller José Manuel Luna, but without paying the 5 cents it cost.
What were the consequences of the watermelon slice incident?
Consequences. On July 18, 1856, the American commissioner, Amos Corwine, recommended in his report "the immediate occupation of the isthmus from ocean to ocean by the United States unless New Granada convinces us of its competence and inclination to provide adequate protection and rapid compensation.