Trabajos de construcción del Canal de Panamá
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Trabajadores españoles (1909)
15.08.2014(FILES) This 1909 stereographic file photo shows Spanish laborers working on the Panama Canal. In 1903, the nation of Panama was born after the province rebelled against Colombia. Next August 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, considered to be one of the 20th century's marvels of engineering and through which goes five percent of the maritime world trade. Panama took control of the 80-km-long canal and the 1,426-square-km enclave that surrounds it at midnight on December 31, 1999 according to the 1977 handover treaty signed by then-presidents of the US, Jimmy Carter and Panama, Omar Torrijos. AFP PHOTO/US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAFP PHOTO/US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES -
Almacén de barriles con insecticida
15.08.2014This undated file photo shows Panama Canal workers storing insecticide barrels at a factory in the canal zone. The mosquito was the major health problem that plagued both French and US efforts to build the canal. Next August 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, considered to be one of the 20th century's marvels of engineering and through which goes five percent of the maritime world trade. Panama took control of the 80-km-long canal and the 1,426-square-km enclave that surrounds it at midnight on December 31, 1999 according to the 1977 handover treaty signed by then-presidents of the US, Jimmy Carter and Panama, Omar Torrijos. AFP PHOTO/THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES/FILESAFP PHOTO/THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES/FILES -
Un trabajador realiza trabajos de fumigación para matar mosquitos portadores de la fiebre amarilla y malaria
15.08.2014(FILES) This undated file photo shows a Panama Canal worker spraying insecticide in an open ditch in an effort to kill mosquitos carrying yellow fever and malaria. The mosquito was the major health problem that plagued both French and US efforts to build the canal. Next August 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, considered to be one of the 20th century's marvels of engineering and through which goes five percent of the maritime world trade. Panama took control of the 80-km-long canal and the 1,426-square-km enclave that surrounds it at midnight on December 31, 1999 according to the 1977 handover treaty signed by then-presidents of the US, Jimmy Carter and Panama, Omar Torrijos. AFP PHOTO/THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES/FILESAFP PHOTO/THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES/FILES
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