On the recordMarch 4, 2025
Thirty-eight thousand workers died building the Panama Canal. They died of malaria. They died of snakebites and mosquitoes.
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democracynow.orgThirty-eight thousand workers died building the Panama Canal. They died of malaria. They died of snakebites and mosquitoes.
Trump exaggerates the number of deaths during the canal's construction to emphasize its cost.
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