Thursday, May 9th 2024, 12:25:20 am
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Panama's president-elect, Jose Raul Mulino, said on Wednesday he will urge lawmakers to approve a law enabling the Panama Canal to build large water reservoirs in the face of an unprecedented drought that has hit the capacity of the vital waterway. In an interview at his office in Panama City, Mulino said he wants the law, which would grant the waterway permission to operate on land needed for the reservoirs, to be the first approved under his administration. Mulino also said he wanted to make a major new tourist train - similar to one built in Mexico- a flagship project of his administration.