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THE canal proposed by M. de Lesseps, and intended to pierce the Isthmus of Panama is in many respects a bolder enterprise even than the Suez Canal. The engineering difficulties are far greater ...

Perhaps the recent fuss over the Panama Canal will deliver one worthy result: U.S. Navy ships won’t have to pay a fee to move through the isthmus that divides two oceans. If that’s the outcome ...

By around three million years ago, the land bridge that we know today as the Isthmus of Panama had formed—allowing for a massive north-south migration of plants and animals, and an explosion of ...

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He spent a total of 120 days in a submerged capsule off the coast of Panama. On January 24, Rudiger Koch, a 59-year-old ...

One visit is just scratching the surface of the isthmus nation ... A string of 38 wildlife-rich islands off the southwest coast of Panama, Coiba National Park is a paradise for divers and nature ...

US troops will be able to deploy to a string of bases along the Panama Canal under a joint deal ... to build its own permanent bases on the isthmus, a move that would be deeply unpopular with ...

The battle for Panama lasted only a few hours. Colombian soldiers in Colón were bribed $50 each to lay down their arms; the U.S.S. Nashville cruised off the Panamanian coast in a show of support.

The battle for Panama lasted only a few hours. Colombian soldiers in Colón were bribed $50 each to lay down their arms; the U.S.S. Nashville cruised off the Panamanian coast in a show of support.