History · Engineering · B1
The Panama Canal
El Canal de Panamá
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“The Panama Canal” (“El Canal de Panamá” in Spanish) is a short non-fiction Spanish reading about engineering. An engineering project that reshaped global trade and altered the geopolitical position of Panama between competing empires.
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Opens at B1 · 3 min read · 346 words · native-recorded audio
Antes de existir el Canal de Panamá, los barcos tenían que ir alrededor de toda Sudamérica para ir del océano Atlántico al océano Pacífico. El viaje era muy largo y peligroso. Podía durar semanas o meses.
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