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Panama faces water crisis as drought impacts canal, tourism, agriculture
A prolonged drought has affected Gatun Lake, jeopardizing the Panama Canal's operations and threatening tourism, agriculture ...
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The Untold Story Behind Panama Canal’s Construction: Challenges, Triumphs & Innovation
The Panama Canal stands as one of humanity’s most astonishing engineering achievements, reshaping global transportation and influencing world history like few other projects. This colossal feat ...
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Amid rising tensions between world powers, the Panama Canal is still a vital resource for world trade
The Panama Canal is owned by the Panama government, but is run like a private business. The Panama Canal Authority operates ...
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Panama Canal’s Struggle: Water Shortages, Economic Disruption, and What’s Next
The Panama Canal, once an engineering marvel that revolutionized global trade, is now facing an unprecedented crisis. Due to the worst drought in recorded history, the water levels of Gatun Lake have ...
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U.S. Ambassador Visits the Panama Canal Locks
The Panama Canal welcomed a visit from the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama on May 21.Kevin Marino Cabrera ...
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Drought threatens Panama Canal and the global economy
The driest years resulted in dangerously low water levels in Gatun Lake that ... implemented. The Panama Canal Authority shortened the chamber size in some of its locks to use less water for ...
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Trump wants to reclaim the Panama Canal. He’d be taking on a waterway facing crisis
It’s “basically a water elevator,” said Ilya Espino de Marotta, deputy administrator of the Panama Canal Authority. A system of interconnecting locks raises ships around 26 meters (85 feet ...
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Indigenous communities near Panama Canal have a bigger problem than Trump
Residents tell of anger over government's plans to flood villages to build reservoir to increase water for the canal ...
Fast Company1mon
How climate change is increasing water conflicts at the Panama Canal
The driest years resulted in dangerously low water levels in Gatun Lake that ... implemented. The Panama Canal Authority shortened the chamber size in some of its locks to use less water for ...
The Conversation1mon
The Panama Canal’s other conflict: Water security for the population and the global economy
The driest years resulted in dangerously low water levels in Gatun Lake that ... implemented. The Panama Canal Authority shortened the chamber size in some of its locks to use less water for ...
The Daily Signal2mon
A Short History of Panama Canal and Chinese Interest in It
Water levels are raised and lowered to bring each ship above sea level to meet the water level of the Gatun Lake before lowering the ship back down. The lock system at the Panama Canal operates ...
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US, Panama ‘taking back’ canal from ‘China's influence,’ says Hegseth
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said the U.S. will take back the Panama Canal from "China’s influence" as Washington tries to reassert control over the major trade route.