Pan-American Highway

A system of roadways extending from Alaska to southern South America.

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References in periodicals archive

One cover from 1959 uses the portrait of Oscar Niemeyer to celebrate Brazil's urbanistic progressiveness, while another from 1953 shows a portrait of a South American Indian adorned with a short text: YOU CAN NOW MOTOR THROUGH HIS COUNTRY ON THE PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY. At such moments, Bryce lets his irony show, unmasking the flyover mentality of the West: South America as a mere backdrop to a speedy road trip.

Fernando Bryce: Galerie Barbara Thumm

Part of the funds will be used for Rehabilitation of the Pan American Highway, Second Part, Santiago-El Pajal, Section II, Province of Veraguas.

Road project

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