WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE U.S. AND THE PANAMA CANAL ?


The Panama Canal is a navigation channel located between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The canal crosses the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, with an extension of 82 km. This strait is considered one of the great engineering works of the 20th century because it operates through locks at each end that lift ships to Gatun Lake, an artificial lake created to reduce the amount of work required to excavate the canal to 27.5 meters above sea level and then lower them to the level of the Pacific or the Atlantic. Prior to its opening, the natural passages used between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans were the Strait of Magellan and Cape Horn, located at the southern tip of Chile. 

However, not many people are aware that after the construction of this engineering marvel, there was an intervention by the U.S. government to take over the jurisdiction of this channel. It is for this reason that for a more comprehensive understanding of this historical process, we offer you an embedding of a page that pinpoints the exact relationship between the United States of America and the Panama Canal. Please click here : AMERICAN INTERVENTION IN PANAMÁ

We also present a video that will allow us to acquire even more information about the engineer who orchestrated the whole geopolitical intervention, as well as the role that Teddy Roosevelt played in this process. 



REFERENCES


U.S. Federal Highway Administration ( 1999). «Top 10 Construction Achievements of The 20th Century. https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/julyaugust-1999/top-10-construction-achievements-20th-century


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