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aug 4, 1903 - Construction of Panama Canal begins (1903)

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The construction on the Panama Canal was a piece of American intervention in Latin America. The US gained exclusive rights to the canal in return for supporting Panama’s independence movement.

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aug 4, 1903
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~ 122 years ago

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