The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution is a dam that could displace thousands

Digna Benite (center) calls her village of Limón de Chagres, a land made of love.

More than 2,000 people could be displaced by the construction of the Río Indio dam. The Panama Canal Authority says the dam solves a long-term water shortage problem.

(Image credit: Tomas Ayuso for NPR)

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