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We’re hearing a lot more about the Panama Canal lately regarding some presidential statements over whether the US should control it. But with cargo shipping at an all time high and still climbing, the Canal is more important than ever, and it’s also at it’s limits. For this reason there’s not just one but two new Central American canals in the works that could both speed up shipping and shift the balance of power in the world.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/business/panama-canal-ck-hutchison.html
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-the-panama-canal-is-so-important-to-trump
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us-east-coast-port-union-strike-threat-test-shippers-nerves-2024-06-13/
https://unctad.org/news/unprecedented-shipping-disruptions-raise-risk-global-trade-unctad-warns
https://www.dockmaster.com/blog/top-4-challenges-in-the-shipping-industry/#Operational_Disruptions
https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2024/03/07/Red-Sea-Attacks-Disrupt-Global-Trade
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354409900/figure/fig1/AS:1065516483493888@1631050334058/Panama-Canal-Zone-map-showing-the-Panama-Canal-Lake-Gatun-military-bases-and-Panama.png
https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/whats-causing-panama-canal-logjam
https://fortune.com/2024/01/02/panama-canal-shipping-bottleneck-cargo-climate-drought/
https://pa.usembassy.gov/the-expanded-panama-canal/
https://www.ajot.com/news/tugboat-crushed-in-panama-canal
https://datacommons.org/place/country/NIC?utm_medium=explore&mprop=amount&popt=EconomicActivity&cpv=activitySource,GrossDomesticProduction&hl=en
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/08/nicaragua-cancel-china-canal
https://www.intellinews.com/nicaragua-unveils-new-canal-route-in-bid-to-rival-panama-354300/
https://www.radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/370064-nicaragua-proposes-to-china-the-construction-of-the-interoceanic-canal
New Route of Nicaragua’s Interoceanic Canal Project “Is Not Viable”
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https://pa.usembassy.gov/the-expanded-panama-canal/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/business/panama-canal-drought.html#:~:text=Canal%20authorities%20have%20been%20exploring,dam%20on%20the%20R%C3%ADo%20Indio
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/putting-america-first-in-international-environmental-agreements/
https://www.ajot.com/news/saving-the-panama-canal-will-take-years-and-cost-billions-if-itas-even-possible
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
1:27 – The Problems With The Panama Canal
5:00 – The Nicaragua Canal
9:29 – The Interoceanic Corridor
12:06 – Back to the Panama Canal
16:00 – Sponsor – Ground News
