There Are MULTIPLE New Panama Canals Being Built

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/joescott We’re hearing a lot more about the Panama Canal lately regarding some presidential statements over whether the US should control it. But with cargo shipping at an all time high and still climbing, the Canal is more important than ever, and it’s also at it’s limits. For this reason there’s not just one but two new Central American canals in the works that could both speed up shipping and shift the balance of power in the world. Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts & Merch: https://laughsmarter.com Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/business/panama-canal-ck-hutchison.html https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-the-panama-canal-is-so-important-to-trump https://www.reuters.com/markets/us-east-coast-port-union-strike-threat-test-shippers-nerves-2024-06-13/ https://unctad.org/news/unprecedented-shipping-disruptions-raise-risk-global-trade-unctad-warns https://www.dockmaster.com/blog/top-4-challenges-in-the-shipping-industry/#Operational_Disruptions https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2024/03/07/Red-Sea-Attacks-Disrupt-Global-Trade https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354409900/figure/fig1/AS:1065516483493888@1631050334058/Panama-Canal-Zone-map-showing-the-Panama-Canal-Lake-Gatun-military-bases-and-Panama.png https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/whats-causing-panama-canal-logjam https://fortune.com/2024/01/02/panama-canal-shipping-bottleneck-cargo-climate-drought/ https://pa.usembassy.gov/the-expanded-panama-canal/ https://www.ajot.com/news/tugboat-crushed-in-panama-canal https://atlas-network.com/close-call-in-panama-canal-locks-raises-safety-concerns/ https://datacommons.org/place/country/NIC?utm_medium=explore&mprop=amount&popt=EconomicActivity&cpv=activitySource,GrossDomesticProduction&hl=en https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/08/nicaragua-cancel-china-canal https://www.intellinews.com/nicaragua-unveils-new-canal-route-in-bid-to-rival-panama-354300/ https://www.radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/370064-nicaragua-proposes-to-china-the-construction-of-the-interoceanic-canal https://confidencial.digital/english/new-route-of-nicaraguas-interoceanic-canal-project-is-not-viable/ https://confidencial.digital/english/banishment-of-nicaraguans-denounced-at-human-rights-court/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/02/nicaragua-exilio-forzado-por-carcel-el-nuevo-patron-represivo-del-gobierno-de-daniel-ortega/ https://pa.usembassy.gov/the-expanded-panama-canal/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/business/panama-canal-drought.html#:~:text=Canal%20authorities%20have%20been%20exploring,dam%20on%20the%20R%C3%ADo%20Indio https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/putting-america-first-in-international-environmental-agreements/ https://www.ajot.com/news/saving-the-panama-canal-will-take-years-and-cost-billions-if-itas-even-possible https://pancanal.com/en/green-route-strategy/ https://greenroute-micanal.azurewebsites.net/ https://elfarodelcanal.com/en/social-benefits-of-the-panama-canal/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:27 - The Problems With The Panama Canal 5:00 - The Nicaragua Canal 9:29 - The Interoceanic Corridor 12:06 - Back to the Panama Canal 16:00 - Sponsor - Ground News