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There is a crisis happening in Panama. The canal is undersized, too expensive, and recurring droughts are limiting its operations. This raised interest in alternative routes through Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Colombia, and in all these places the Chinese are investing massively in securing a strategic position. How will this affect the position of the United States in the Western Hemisphere?
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FULL TRANSCRIPT + SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sELpSrCml8OOPAzvNfDg1VdCfWPKlTNw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116393133462297140352&rtpof=true&sd=true
MAIN SOURCES:
US, China clash over neutrality of drought-hit Panama Canal (Riviera):https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/news-content-hub/us-and-china-clash-over-neutrality-of-drought-hit-panama-canal-79323
China’s Ambitious Rail Projects Crash Into Harsh Realities in Latin America (New York Times):
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/world/americas/chinas-ambitious-rail-projects-crash-into-harsh-realities-in-latin-america.html
The Proposed Nicaragua Canal (USNI):
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1939/july/proposed-nicaragua-canal
Key Decision Point Coming for the Panama Canal (CSIS):
https://www.csis.org/analysis/key-decision-point-coming-panama-canal
Local outcry against Mexico’s Panama Canal rail alternative (Railway Technology):
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/local-outcry-against-mexicos-panama-canal-rail-alternative/?cf-view