The answer is simple: there is no greater or more idealistic symbol of U.S. power in the world than the Panama Canal. As ...

Trump’s words reiterate an age-old ... the Panama Canal Zone. The treaty that made that possible gave the U.S. complete and permanent control over the Zone “as if it was sovereign.” It resulted from ...

The aggressive rhetoric of US President Donald Trump has shocked Panamanians, who see the waterway as a source of enormous national pride. View on euronews ...

When US President Donald Trump threatened to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration speech last week, Panamanians were reminded of American imperialism of old. For most of the 20th ...

The Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty signed in 1903 gave the United States the right to build and manage the Panama Canal. Construction began in 1904 after a failed attempt by a French construction team ...

To do a deeper dive into the waterway’s history and role in the world, tourists can also head to The Canal Museum in Casco Viejo, Panama City’s old town ... It was French engineers, led ...

While it is unclear what prompted Mr. Trump’s recent obsession with the Panama Canal, some Republicans have long objected to a decades-old treaty ... attempt by the French to construct a canal ...

Ala.) questioned him closely, especially concerning the interest of the stockholders of the old Panama Canal Company in the pending transaction. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

but immediately vowed that the United States would be "taking back" the Panama Canal. For more on what to expect from Donald Trump’s foreign policy, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is joined by Mark ...

Control of the Panama ... of a canal where Panama is now established. The alternative involved travelling an extra 11,000 kilometres around South America's southern tip. France, under the auspices ...

Since his victory in November’s presidential election, Trump has made several seemingly absurd and perplexing claims regarding neighbouring Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal, leaving ...