Panamá, Honduras y el Salvador

General
Panamá: www.ipat.gob.pa
Canal de Panamá: www.pancanal.com
Panama Canal: www.ared.com/kora/java/pcc/javaani.html
Canal Museum: www.canalmuseum.com
Honduras.net: www.honduras.net
Panama sites: www.coralys.com/panama

Natural Disasters
Volcano live: www.volcanolive.com/contents.html
Honduras hurricanes: www.hurricanecity.com/honduras.htm
Major storms: www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001441.html
Deadliest hurricanes since 1492: www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/history/hurricanes-deadliest-since-1492.htm
Huracanes: www.cepredenac.org/05_nove/f_inven/evento/huracan.htm

Newspapers
La prensa (Panamá): www.prensa.com
La prensa (Honduras): www.laprensahn.com
El diario de hoy (El Salvador): www.elsalvador.com

Actividad cultural
Use the Web links on this page or others to answer the following questions.

1		What king first entertained the idea of digging a canal to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans? In what year? Who finally built the canal? Who were the people who did the physical work of digging and building the canal? When was it completed? When did Panama receive control of the canal? How does the canal work? How long does it typically take a vessel to travel from one end to the other?
2		The west coast of North, Central, and South America form part of the Pacific ring of volcanoes. Panama, Honduras, and El Salvador all have volcanoes. Which of these countries has the most volcanoes? Which country has about three active volcanoes? Which of those volcanoes has been the most active?
3		Another natural disaster that threatens Central American countries is the hurricane. Which of the three countries, Panama, Honduras, or El Salvador, has suffered more hurricanes? What are the most recent hurricanes to hit the area? Why are hurricanes more devastating to these countries than to areas of the United States, such as Florida, Louisiana, and Texas?