"Isigqoko sasePanama"-ibonakala ngesimo esiyindilinga, ibhande eliwugqinsi, nezinto zotshani-Sekuyisikhathi eside imfashini yasehlobo iyisisekelo. Kodwa nakuba isigqoko sasekhanda sithandwa ngenxa yesakhiwo saso esisebenza kahle esivikela abasigqokile elangeni, abaningi babalandeli balo abangakwazi ukuthi isigqoko asidalwanga ePanama. Ngokwesazi-mlando sezemfashini uLaura Beltrán-Rubio, lesi sitayela sazalelwa endaweni eyaziwa namuhla ngokuthi i-Ecuador, kanye neColombia, lapho sibizwa khona ngokuthi“isigqoko sotshani se-toquilla.”
Igama elithi “isigqoko sasePanama” laqanjwa ngo-1906 ngemva kokuba uMongameli Theodore Roosevelt ethwetshulwe egqoke lesi sitayela ngesikhathi evakashele indawo yokwakha iPanama Canal. (Abasebenzi abajutshwe ukwenza lo msebenzi baphinde bagqoke izigqoko ukuze bazivikele ekushiseni naselanga.)
Izimpande zalesi sitayela zibuyela emuva ezikhathini zangaphambi kweSpanishi lapho abantu boMdabu esifundeni bakha amasu okuluka ngotshani be-toquilla, owenziwe ngamagatsha esundu amila ezintabeni zase-Andes, ukuze benze obhasikidi, izindwangu, nezintambo. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kwamakholoni ngawo-1600, ngokusho kukaBeltrán-Rubio,“izigqoko zethulwa amakoloni aseYurophu…okwafika ngemva kwalokho kwakuyinhlanganisela yezindlela zokuluka zamasiko angaphambi kweSpanishi kanye nezingubo zasekhanda ezigqokwa abeLungu.”
Phakathi nekhulu le-19, lapho amazwe amaningi aseLatin America ethola inkululeko yawo, lesi sigqoko saguga kakhulu futhi sakhiwa eColombia nase-Ecuador.“Ngisho emidwebeni nasemabalazweni kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ungabona ukuthi banjani'd khombisa abantu abagqoke izigqoko nabathengisi abazithengisayo,”kusho uBeltrán-Rubio. Ngekhulu lama-20, lapho uRoosevelt eyigqoka, imakethe yaseNyakatho Melika yaba umthengi omkhulu kunayo yonke“Izigqoko zasePanama”ngaphandle kweLatin America. Isigqoko sabe sesaziwa ngesilinganiso esikhulu futhi saba uhambo lokuya eholidini nasehlobo, ngokusho kukaBeltrán-Rubio. Ngo-2012, i-UNESCO yamemezela izigqoko zotshani ze-toquilla “Amagugu Angaphatheki Ezamasiko Esintu.”
Umsunguli weCuyana kanye ne-CEO uKarla Gallardo wakhulela e-Ecuador, lapho isigqoko sasiyisisekelo sempilo yansuku zonke. Bekungenjalo't waze walibangisa e-United States lapho ezwa khona ngombono oyiphutha wokuthi lesi sitayela sivela ePanama.“Kungimangazile ukuthi umkhiqizo ungadayiswa kanjani ngendlela engahloniphi umsuka wawo nendaba yawo,”kusho uGallardo.“Kunomehluko omkhulu phakathi kokuthi umkhiqizo wenziwa kuphi nokuthi uvelaphi nalokho amakhasimende akwaziyo ngawo.”Ukulungisa lokhu, ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, uGallardo kanye nomsunguli wakhe, u-Shilpa Shah, badalule i-“Lesi Akusona Isigqoko SasePanama”umkhankaso ogqamisa umsuka wesitayela.“Empeleni siya phambili ngalowo mkhankaso ngenhloso yokuguqula igama,”kusho uGallardo.
Ngaphandle kwalo mkhankaso, uGallardo noShah basebenze eduze nezingcweti zabomdabu e-Ecuador, abaye balwela ukugcina ubuciko bezigqoko zotshani be-toquilla, naphezu kwezinkinga zomnotho nezenhlalo eziphoqe abaningi ukuthi bavale amabhizinisi abo. Kusukela ngo-2011, u-Gallardo uvakashele idolobha lase-Sisig, okungomunye wemiphakathi emidala kakhulu yokweluka i-toquilla esifundeni, uhlobo oluhlangene nalo manje ukwenza izigqoko zalo.“Lesi sigqoko'Imvelaphi yawo ise-Ecuador, futhi lokhu kwenza abantu base-Ecuador baziqhenye, futhi lokho kudinga ukugcinwa,”kusho uGallardo, ephawula inqubo yokuluka enzima yamahora ayisishiyagalombili ngemuva kwesigqoko.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-19-2024
