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I've been read Don't Know Much About History by; Kenneth C. Davis, (fantastic book, by the way) and I was reading the part about the Panama Canal.

In it, he says that Teddy Roosevelt originally wanted to build a the canal from the pacific to the atlantic, that went through Nicaraguan, and not Panama. This would have been a longer dig, but it was thought to be easier than building one in Panama. However, when Senator Mark Hanna said it would be cheaper to build it in Panama, Teddy jumped on that band wagon.

However, this only happened because a french company dropped the asking price from $109 million, to $40 million.

What if they hadn't? The Canal would have been built in Nicaragua instead.

How would this have effected the rest of American, and Latin American history?
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