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Panama, Aug 15 (EFE) The .- Panamanian culminated today with a gala centennial celebrations of one of the most important works of engineering in the world, the Panama Canal, currently engaged in an ambitious expansion project “with the hope to the future” of the new generations.
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This was expressed in the speeches of protocol at the beginning of the show, which would involve 150 local artists, the administrator of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), Jorge Quijano, head of the ambitious expansion of the waterway, which is expected to conclude in December 2015 and begin operations in early 2016 .
“Today we commemorate one hundred years of history started writing long before” the opening of the canal, when the French began digging for a project that could never conclude recalled Quijano, who said he also the story of “45,000 men and women who left their land” to participate in the construction of the Canal was commemorated.
also reminded “Panamanians who conquered immortality so that today we are masters of our fate” and “American engineers who designed a wonder that continues to operate a century later.”
Quijano is considered a hero by most Panamanians by the strength he has shown in the negotiations with the contractor consortium principal expansion project, the Group UK In Canal (GUPC), which earlier this year stopped work for 18 days claiming additional costs of $ 1,600 million.
Budget disagreements between the ACP and have GUPC happened throughout the year leaving the Panamanian public Quijano’s image as the champion of the interests of the Panamanian people who managed to avoid further delays without making concessions to the foreign contractor.
“Today we share a history and a victory that belongs to all mankind, “Quijano centenary of the passageway for 6 percent of global trade and expects to double its capacity with the new extension said.
Quijano noted as major challenges for the future of the channel to continue its uninterrupted operation and the income generated will improve the quality of life of all Panamanians.
“Today we reaffirm the commitment of the Panama Canal for another hundred years,” he said, as Minister for Canal Affairs and Secretary of the Board of the ACP, Roberto Roy.
“The position of the Isthmus of Panama decided our fate,” he said, meanwhile Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela, who paid tribute to “the thousands of immigrants who gave their lives” in the construction of the Canal and thanked “the government of the United States, a friend, a strategic ally and trading partner.”
the United States relaunched the French project for the canal and in 1904 began excavating until you completed the work in 1914 and on August 15 of that year the first boat crossed the American continent by Panama, the steamer Ancon.
United States controlled a wide area surrounding the canal until 1979 and managed the way until 1999, when he went to Panama under the Torrijos-Carter 1977 treaties.
“The August 15, 1914 defined our responsibility as a state to community service and international trade, “said Varela, who congratulated Quijano, reiterated its support and confidence ACP Administrator enlargement” in all its efforts to the work is culminated. ”
“Upon us rests a great responsibility, not only to users but to the Panamanian people, the region and the world,” admitted Varela, who took responsibility before the international community and its citizens to channel profits that result in a better quality of life for all Panamanians.
During the gala shows are offered alluding to the cultures of the countries that participated in the construction of the canal, mainly France, as pioneers United States as designers and builders, and China, which provided much of the labor.
Among the artists involved would Danilo Pérez and Rubén Blades and close the gala screening of the documentary “Panama, the country that brought the world “.
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