Three bridges span the Panama Canal, one of the world’s most important shipping lanes, and a fourth is planned. The first was a feat of American engineering, while European companies built the second and the third. The fourth is to be constructed by China and controversy has delayed it for several years.
The story of the bridges illustrates the shifting geopolitical winds buffeting Panama, located at a strategic crossroads between the Atlantic and the Pacific and between North and South America.
The former Spanish colony finds itself caught in a tug of war between its old protector, the US, and the rising power of China.
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