Panama and Nicaragua - Two Canals, One Shared Dream by Stephanie Wildes ( Panama City ) Wednesday, July 01, 2015 Inter Press Service PANAMA CITY, Jul 01 (IPS) - Nicholas Suchecki Guillén is blind. His dream was to visit the Panama Canal expansion works, touch the cement structures, and feel part of this new period of history in his country. The Panama Canal's new locks operate with technology far superior to those built 100 years ago, using rolling gates instead of hinged miter gates. In the image, workers in a lock chamber in the expanded canal in Cocolí, on the Pacific coast. Credit: Iralís Fragiel/IPS The 11-year-old stood on the third set of locks in Cocolí, near the Pacific Ocean. He had the privilege of forming part of the last group allowed to visit the complex before the flooding started – a long process that on this side began on Jun. 22. Like Nicholas, many Panamanians visited the new locks free of charge on tours promoted by the Panama Canal Autho...