What are major reasons that the united states wanted to build a canal through central america?

It shortened the travel time and distance and improved trade.

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although the legal justifications for the trials and their procedural innovations were controversial at the time, the nuremberg trials are now regarded as a milestone toward the establishment of a permanent international court, and an important precedent for dealing with later instances of genocide and other crimes

ghana achieved independence peacefully, while algeria gained independence through an armed struggle.