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Stories from the New Silk Road: Panama

The Compass by BBC

Nov 9, 202227:50News & Politics

The Panama Canal is a great feat of engineering and a place of huge global significance for trade and shipping. An artificial waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, literally dividing North and South Ame...

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Stories from the New Silk Road: Panama is an episode from The Compass by BBC. The Panama Canal is a great feat of engineering and a place of huge global significance for trade and shipping. An artificial waterway that connects the Atlantic...

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