How Wall Street Created a Nation: J. P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canal

How Wall Street Created a Nation: J. P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canal by Ovidio Diaz Espino. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781567316155.

Growing up in Panama, Ovidio Diaz Espino had a complicated relationship with his native country. Like many of his friends and family, and neighbors, he proudly celebrated his nations heritage and fight for independence, all the while living in the shadow and cultural influence of the American-built Panama Canal. Now, Diaz Espino - attorney and investment banker who has lived in the United States for the past 25 years - has written the true story behind the creation of the Panama Canal. How Wall-Street Created a Nation not only gives the never-before-told account of decades of financial speculation, fraud, and international conspiracy, but also holds lessons for contemporary foreign policy and casts new light on U.S. Panama relations.