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Article: Frank goes to Panama.(architect Frank Gehry to aid development of Panama Canal Zone)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 16, 1999
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PANAMA CITY
Central America's rich cultural heritage has weathered looting, corruption and bad planners. Panama and Guatemala are trying something new
PANAMA is one of the few places where the millennium really means something. At the stroke of midnight on the last night of the year, the Republic of Panama will assume complete ownership and operation of the Panama Canal Zone which the United States has controlled ever since it completed the massive engineering project in 1914.
Once fenced off from everything in Panama, the canal is now widely expected to jump-start the economy and define Panama's future. How could it not? To determine what that ...