Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others ...
The United States gained the right to construct the artificial waterway in 1903 after backing Panama’s bid to break away from Colombia, and the canal officially opened to traffic in 1914.
The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s ...
President Donald Trump announced a series of sweeping changes after being sworn in as the 47th U.S. President on Monday, including plans to "take back" the Panama Canal.
In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?
Over decades, a shift in US military strategy, larger carriers and the growth of commerce on the West Coast deemphasized US ...
The canal was built by the United States and opened in 1914. It was handed to Panama on December 31, 1999, under treaties signed some two decades earlier by then-US president Jimmy Carter and ...