Article: Left in dark as to why Panama Canal was built.(Nambarrie Run II)

Byline: From Geoff Hill in Panama City, Panama

STANDING in the Plaza Catedral, you could almost feel the history seeping into your bones. From behind the peeling and boarded facade of the Hotel Central, you could, for example, almost hear the cheering crowds who gathered there in 1903 to celebrate independence by pouring champagne over the head of General Huertas, the defecting garrison commander, for an hour.

Across the square was the vast white space of the cathedral, empty except for the whisper of God, and just up the street was the presidential palace, ...

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