Dear MEL School’s
Topic Readers,
Panama Canal at
100: A tale of growth and development
The canal that
connects the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans was first worked by France over a
century ago. The project was taken over the U.S. and completed on August 15,
1914. The century-old, 80km long canal was passed by over a million ships and
is now under big renovation to allow larger ships to pass to connect Asia and
east coast of America more efficiently.
Though the canal
is the core and driver of the nation’s economy, the benefits and profits from
the canal and its businesses don’t seem to have been shared or distributed as
equally as they are supposed to be. Some say that the country is moving on two
different tracks.
Enjoy reading and
learning about this historical canal and its hope for the next century.
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