Panama
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The Panama Canal greatly reduces the time and distance ships have to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Panama Canal will reduce shipping volumes from next month because of a drought fueled by the El Nino phenomenon, the operator of the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans said Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The move intensifies a dispute that began in January, when a Panamanian court voided CK Hutchison’s contracts to run two terminals at either end of the Panama Canal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
From September 3, the number of vessels allowed through the canal each day will be reduced due to a lack of rain, the Panama Canal Authority said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
A familiar example is the role of those two diseases in aborting the French effort, and nearly aborting the ultimately successful American effort, to construct the Panama Canal.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
