Hundreds already dead in crackdown against growing protests over rampant corruption and clientelism; UN calls for 'maximum restraint,' including no use of live ammunition
2015 expansion of the canal first opened in 1869 has cut transit time from 22 hours to 11 and opened the vital waterway to the largest container ships in the world
Vox Party, which evokes images of medieval war between Christians and invading Muslims, more than doubles seats and ensures stalemate between left and right continues
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