Visitors Center Lookout

Trade & People at Panama Canal

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January 22nd 2010
Panama Canal, Monday, January 18, 2010 We transited the Panama Canal from Atlantic to Pacific today. Much of the experience involves ‘watching’…both of the people of neighboring ships and at the viewing station. Since the Panama government took over the canal operation, they have learned about free enterprise. There is a small island in the middle of Gatun Lake and for a few years the go ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama

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With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal ... ... read more