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15 Impressive Facts About the Panama Canal

The 50-mile Panama Canal was a multi-national, multi-decade project to link two oceans and transform global shipping. After ...
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Explaining China and Colombia's 'Alternative' Panama Canal

The governments of Colombia and China are in talks to construct a "dry canal" alternative to the 97-year-old Panama Canal. China would fund the project, which would link Colombia's Atlantic and ...