Two other countries in South America are looking at the possibility of providing alternatives to the Panama Canal. One is Nicaragua and the other is Mexico. There are problems to surmount of course, and the media is already throwing cold water on these two projects now undergoing feasibility studies.
Even the construction of the Panama Canal had been highly problematic, with France giving up midway and USA taking over. 25,000 lives were lost during the construction period which stretched over three decades, imagine 30 long years. That was during a period where highly sophisticated construction equipment was non-existent, with only steam driven machinery available towards the later stages, unlike today. So, such an undertaking today will be very much easier.
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. If the USA takes control of the Panama Canal, countries in the region will give serious thought to having an alternative. If China wants to go in to play the game, knowing what it means with the Panama Canal under USA control, nothing is an impossibility.
Never push China to do what it does not now dominate. It will be too late to regret.
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