With the encouragement of the United States, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Panama">Panama</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_Panama_from_Colombia" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Separation of Panama from Colombia">separates</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>.