Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding ...

The first, called the Panama Canal Treaty, cancelled the Panama Canal Zone and turned the canal over to the Panamanians on December 31, 1999. Under the second, the Permanent Neutrality Treaty ...

On Dec. 21, 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called for the return of the Panama Canal to the United States on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns. In one post, which had ...

As for earlier bouts of generosity, the US from 1903 until 1979 presided over a de facto colony by the name of the Panama Canal Zone, which encompassed a significant portion of Panamanian ...

Panama's top political leaders held a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the return of the Panama Canal after decades of US control on Tuesday, during which Panamanian President Jose Raul ...

Dr. Hogan teaches in the History and Literature program at Harvard University. His research focuses on Central America and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2023, on a research ...

In 1903, the US received authority to build a canal and control of the Panama Canal Zone “in perpetuity,” in exchange for annual payments to Panama. More than a strategic trade route was at ...

PANAMA CITY — Panama on Tuesday celebrated the 25th anniversary of the U.S. handover of the Panama Canal, which president-elect Donald Trump has threatened to take back. The commemoration was ...

Tourists look at a cargo ship sailing through the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon City ... in 1964 after students tried to raise a national flag in the former Canal Zone, the US enclave ...

a rumor was circulating online that Panama doubled fees for U.S. warships to transit the Panama Canal and started dedicating the additional funding toward women's reproductive health care.

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP ... in 1964 after students tried to raise a Panamanian flag in the former “Canal Zone,” a US enclave that had its own military bases, police and justice system.