The 1903 agreement between the U.S. and Panama granted the U.S. control of the Canal Zone, but not ownership, as Panama ...

He added: “We don’t have an army.” In 1903, Panama was a restive department of Colombia, with many Panamanians advocating openly for independence from a central government on the other side ...

President Trump is throwing his weight around in our hemisphere in a way we haven’t seen in a century, and it’s opening up doors.

Panama owes its independence to America ... At the start of the 20th century, Panama was a province of Colombia. When Colombia rejected America’s proposal to construct a canal, the United ...

Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP "At the dawn of our independence with Colombia, the Panama Canal was established," he added. Mulino also said that Trump's comments were "misinformed" and said ...

There were no Situation Room meetings and no quiet calls to de-escalate a dispute with an ally. Just threats, counterthreats, ...

President Trump is reportedly dispatching his newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Panama for his first foreign ...

In 1903, Panama declared independence from Colombia. It was a result of a US-backed revolution. After the independence, Panama signed a treaty with the US, the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty.

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This was a busy time. Panama had declared independence from Columbia. The U.S. had tried to strike a canal deal with Columbia on similar terms; Colombia refused over sovereignty concerns and not ...