Handing over the canal to Panama - despite being the obvious right thing to do and by the 70s the canal wasn't nearly as it was in prior decades - was a big reason Reagan beat Carter. US Americans are the worst.
I was being about 60% facetious with my Panama Canal comment but after reading this:
Initial findings of the commercial analysis conducted by HKND Group indicate that the combined effect of growth in east–west trade and in ship sizes could provide a compelling argument for the construction of a second canal, substantially larger than the expanded Panama Canal, across Central America. In the 2020s, growth in global maritime trade is expected to cause congestion and delays in transit through the Panama Canal without a complementary route through the isthmus, and by 2030, the volume of trade that a Nicaragua Canal could serve would have grown by 240%.[31]
it makes me think I am more prescient than I give myself credit for.
Anyone remember the Panama Canal? Let's bring back talking about the Panama Canal. I'm feeling like 2021 is the year of PanamaPosting.
Something in Latin America where China comes in and makes the US irrelevant is a good bet
Nicaragua Canal
Handing over the canal to Panama - despite being the obvious right thing to do and by the 70s the canal wasn't nearly as it was in prior decades - was a big reason Reagan beat Carter. US Americans are the worst.
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Very interesting story here, reading about it now. Thanks for the heads up.
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I was being about 60% facetious with my Panama Canal comment but after reading this:
it makes me think I am more prescient than I give myself credit for.