All That Talk About the Panama Canal Could Pay Off — For Panama
While the US and China fight to control the critical trade waterway, the Central American nation has a chance to cement its economic boom.
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Here’s an insanely niche pop culture fact1 that you can casually drop at your next dinner party: Luann de Lesseps — AKA “The Countess” from The Real Housewives of New York City — married, had kids with and then divorced a descendant of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French diplomat who developed the Suez Canal and attempted — key word! — to build the Panama Canal.