Michael Conniff, Professor Emeritus of History and San Jose State University, does believe Cuomo’s statement is “mostly right,” however, stating that the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gave the U ...

The Hay-Heran Treaty of 1903 was the treaty that was ... whose main spokesman was a very interesting scoundrel named Philippe Bunau-Varilla, that Bunau-Varilla was ready to help lead this revolution.