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Panama Canal Turns 100
ResumeThe Panama Canal opened 100 years ago today. As it celebrates its centennial, the canal is also undergoing an expansion. And it faces potential competition from a planned expansion of the Suez Canal in Egypt, and plans to construct a canal in Nicaragua.
Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Bill Faries of Bloomberg News about the work being done on the canal and what we can expect from all this construction.
Guest
- Bill Faries, Miami bureau chief for Bloomberg News. He tweets @billfaries.
This segment aired on August 15, 2014.