What Impact Did The Canal Have On Latin America

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Some of the struggles that they had building the canal was facing a lot of dangerous things. Like death, example they could get killed by getting buried alive during a mudslide. They could also get sick, they could catch yellow fever. Yellow fever would kill a good amount of people. But they would also get sent back to where they came from if they complained, asked for a raise, or if they asked something that they were not supposed to they would get sent home, or where ever they came from.The impact it had on Latin America and the world was that it had a good impact and a very bad impact. The good impact was that they had the pulley system and they were smart and they didn’t risk lives and try to have it go through the mountain and risking

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