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Panama Canal’s 50 Years of Link and Legacy
Fifty years after the Ancon voyage opened the Panama Canal, the immense lock system links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and spurred ongoing political and diplomatic debates. The piece traces early canal studies, French failure, U.S. Roosevelt era actions, Panama’s 1903 independence, and postwar reparations with Colombia.
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Carlos J. Villar-Borda
Washington
UPI
U.S
Penne “Ancon
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Central American Isthmus
Lake Gatun
Eusebio A. Morales
Panama
Simon Bolivar
Colombia
Baron de Thierry
Ferdinand de Lesseps
U. S
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt