…ye must give great attention to the Republic of Panama, for
in that point the Occident and the Orient find each other united through the
Panama Canal, and it is also situated between the two great oceans. That place
will become very important in the future. The teachings, once established
there, will unite the East and the West, the North and the South.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of the Divine Plan’)