I think the answer is C. Hope this helps
I believe the answer is: Mulattos
In the past, Panama was colonized by the european empire due to their natural resources. In the process, The European empire bought a lot of slaves from Brazil and Africa to work in the plantations.
As the years goes by, these three cultures assimilate with one another and make up the majority of population in Panama.
Child labor was big back in the 1890s. Children were deprived of their childhood. Instead of playing and having fun they were put to work. Instead of school they had to provide for their family. Ages 10 and up started to work. Most work places like coal mines were very harmful to the kids. Just from breathing the pollution in to cutting them self on work equipment it was a very dangerous place. In 1938 child labor was officially discontinued.
Marius allowed even poor citizens to join the army by having government pay for heir equiptment.
Complex question. The governing bodies have justification but I think the answer might be considered no on a larger scale. We tried to gain natural resources and invest in foreign markets but these things can be done through embassy’s, and being allowed areas to operate by relaxing relations with countries instead of taking over area to influence nearby lands.