Voters in Panama have overwhelmingly approved an ambitious project to expand the country’s famous shipping canal.
In a nationwide referendum, people voted by a margin of four to one to back the $5.2bn plan, which involves building a new channel and new locks.
Many modern container ships are too large for the 50-mile (80km) canal linking the Pacific and Atlantic.
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