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The French had already attempted to build a canal through the isthmus, but couldn't do it. 22,000 of them died, whereas only 5,609 Americans died. | The French had already attempted to build a canal through the isthmus, but couldn't do it. 22,000 of them died, whereas only 5,609 Americans died. | ||
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Revision as of 22:49, March 23, 2007
A canal in the Ithmus of Panama. Completed in 1914, it was built by the Americans under President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.
The French had already attempted to build a canal through the isthmus, but couldn't do it. 22,000 of them died, whereas only 5,609 Americans died.
Subsequently seized by the forces of liberty from the Panamanian socialist dictatorship.