Cinco cosas que cambiaron en el mundo con el Canal de Panamá

Cinco cosas que cambiaron en el mundo con el Canal de Panamá
In this Aug. 4, 2014, photo, two cargo ships sails though the Miraflores locks on the Panama Canal in Panama City. The Aug. 15 centennial of the opening of the Panama Canal is being marred by increasing doubts about Panama's expansion of the U.S.-built waterway. Disputes between the government and the projectâs European contractor, as well as labor unions, mean an already-delayed December 2015 completion deadline is unlikely to be met. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
In this Aug. 4, 2014, photo, two cargo ships sails though the Miraflores locks on the Panama Canal in Panama City. The Aug. 15 centennial of the opening of the Panama Canal is being marred by increasing doubts about Panama's expansion of the U.S.-built waterway. Disputes between the government and the projectâs European contractor, as well as labor unions, mean an already-delayed December 2015 completion deadline is unlikely to be met. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Como la mayor obra de ingeniería de su época y ciertamente una de las más ambiciosas de todos los tiempos, el Canal de Panamá tuvo un efecto transformador sobre el planeta incluso desde antes de que empezara a ser construido.

Pero los impactos más duraderos del paso artificial, que este 15 de agosto celebra el primer centenario de su inauguración, probablemente no sean los que usted se imagina.

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