It was once billed as a model of socialist fraternity: South America’s first high-speed train, powered by Chinese technology, crisscrossing Venezuela to bring development to its backwater plains. Now all but abandoned, it has become a symbol of economic collapse — and a strategic relationship gone adrift. Where dozens of modern buildings once stood, cattle […]
Panama Rallies Behind Engineer in Fight Over Canal
He has the weight of Panama’s pride and a good chunk of global commerce on his shoulders. Yet weeks of acrimonious, late night negotiations to rescue the Panama Canal’s $5.25 billion expansion haven’t taken a toll on Jorge Quijano. The canal’s top administrator wakes up at 5 a.m. each day for a brisk 40-minute walk […]