Abordando un desafío glocalintegrar la participación de ciudadanos y gobiernos en la búsqueda de soluciones para un canal interoceánico pacífico-atlántico en el siglo XXI

Abstract

The project for the expansion of the Panama Canal, concluded in 2016, impacts a substantial change in the decision-making processes of the 21st century compared to what occurred in 1914 –then basically an economicmilitary maneuver. We break down the issue using analytical and documentary methods to be able to make comparisons that pose the problem from both global and systemic perspectives. The project was a limited and insufficient expansion to the canal with respect to the demands of modern ship size and traffic, which are still unable to be met, and has therefore led to new proposals for a Grand Canal in some of the countries in the area. Our work evaluates the potential repercussions of the possible construction routes for a new interoceanic canal as well as the glocal (of both global and local nature) challenge which will be assumed by the affected populations and territories. As a holistic and systemic assessment from the nations of the world, it enables said groups, which should define their own mechanisms of community participation, to be able to adequately assess their options and needs, so they can make a decision on the grand challenge of whether to build a Grand Canal and where it would be pertinent to do so.