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Caribbean & Central America - September 2007 (ISSN 1741-4458)
PANAMA: Canal expansion starts amid political controversies
President, Martín Torrijos gave the official start for the US$5.2bn expansion works of the Panama Canal on 3 September. Works should be finished by 2014, when the waterway completes its centenary.
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