The Panama Canal is now controlled by Panama, but before that, France and then the United Stated coveted and gained control of the zone, to develop the canal. Many lives were lost during the development of the canal, and many were displaced for the creation of the canal. The role of Panama in its own development is often forgotten or minimized. 

In part two, Carmen tells Cristina about how the US justified their need for control of the canal and how they eventually came to control it.

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Sources: 

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/panama-canal
Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal by Marixa Lasso
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEmtX9vOroL/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D 
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/tr-panama/ 
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/a-history-of-the-panama-canal-and-why-the-us-cant-just-take-it-back/3707946/ 
https://therealnews.com/the-panama-canal-under-the-shadow-episode-12 ​​https://read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article/46/1/28/158412/Philippe-Bunau-Varilla-New-Light-on-the-Panama 

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