Carter viewed the Panama Canal transfer as a defining moment of his presidency, while Donald Trump recently reignited debate, ...
The Canal Zone in Panama had been under U.S. control for nearly 75 years. But in 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed treaties with Panama's leader, Gen. Omar Torrijos. With a stroke of the ...
President-elect Trump said on Tuesday that negotiating away the Panama Canal was a "very big mistake" by former President Jimmy Carter – ahead of Carter's state funeral later this week.