THE WATER, THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL CONJUNCTION
On December 31, 1999, the Panama canal passed into Panamanian hands and the nation-state assumed full sovereignty over the colonial stripe that had covered it for almost a century. In this essay, the Panamanian specialist and University of Panama professor, Manuel F. Zarate R, analyzes, from an hist...
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Centro de Investigaciones sobre América Latina y el Caribe
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | http://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/archipielago/article/view/19627 http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=mx/mx-008&d=article19627oai |
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| Sumario: | On December 31, 1999, the Panama canal passed into Panamanian hands and the nation-state assumed full sovereignty over the colonial stripe that had covered it for almost a century. In this essay, the Panamanian specialist and University of Panama professor, Manuel F. Zarate R, analyzes, from an historical and environmental perspective, water as a national resource and raw material, and the transformation of the "aquatic road" from a link of permanent conflict between two nations to a strategic link in the development of the Isthmus. |
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