Group chief, Digna Benite, calls her village of Limon de Chagres, a land made of affection.
Tomas Ayuso/NPR
conceal caption
toggle caption
Tomas Ayuso/NPR
Group chief, Digna Benite, calls her village of Limon de Chagres, a land made of affection.
Tomas Ayuso/NPR
Panama has been in search of options to a long-term downside. Each time a ship passes via the Panama Canal, greater than 50 million gallons of contemporary water from Lake Gatun pour out into the ocean.
No person ever thought Panama might run out of water. It is among the rainiest international locations on this planet. However a pair years in the past, a drought received so dangerous that the canal needed to cut back site visitors by greater than a 3rd – which had a big impact on international transport.
The Panama Canal wants extra water. Authorities have determined to get it by constructing a dam in a spot that will displace greater than 2,000 folks alongside the Rio Indio.
For sponsor-free episodes of Think about This, join Consider This+ through Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org
E mail us at [email protected]
This episode was produced by Karen Zamora, Rolando Arrieta, Andrea Salcedo, Alejandra Marquez Janse, and Tomas Ayuso.
It was edited by Courtney Dorning and Nadia Lancy, with assist from Alejandra Borunda and Neela Banerjee.
Our govt producer is Sami Yenigun.