By not having to sail around South America to get to the other side.
Panama Canal
I did not begin building the panama canal, and I did not finish it either.
Theodore Roosevelt worked with Colombia for the opportunity of building a canal in Panama.
There were at least 100 lives lost building the Panama canal.
I am going to answer your question with a other question . Wath benefits has panama with the canal through their land ? Your answer will be my answer (use your brain).
1914
William B. Van Ingen is credited with painting the murals in the Panama Canal Building.
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The Panama Canal lies in the central American country of Panama. It links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans via the Caribbean Sea through central America.
After ten years of construction, the Panama Canal was completed in 1914.
The Panama Canal was in US control till 1999
If the question is what President oversaw the construction of the Panama Canal, it would be Theodore Roosevelt.