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Offensive to Enlarge Panama Canal Continues

May 10 2006

Panama, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Although the number of groups opposed to the enlargement of the Panama Canal continues to increase, influential sectors of society and the National Government itself have stepped up actions to defend the project, which will be voted in a referendum. First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro will take advantage of his European tour to promote the enlargement project in Austria and Germany. Besides, the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP, in Spanish), headed by former Minister Ricaurte Vasquez, and a parliamentary commission presided over by ex Government and Justice Minister Hector Aleman are drawing up the strategies to promote the project. The idea of building a third set of locks to modernize the interoceanic enclave, at a cost of 5.25 billion dollars, is the focus of debates in the country, as part of a race to convince Panamanians to vote in favor of the project in a referendum that may be held this year. The project will soon be debated at the Cabinet Council, which will surely approve it, and will be discussed later at the National Assembly. If passed, as expected, it will go from Parliament to the Election Court, which will call a popular referendum in a 90-120-day period to decide on the future of the canal, which has linked the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans over the past 92 years.

http://www.panama-guide.com/index.php?topic=canal&page=10

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