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

President Trump wants Panama to return its namesake canal to the U.S.

The Panama Canal is no stranger to ... faster ways to head to California. It was French engineers, led by the developers of the Suez Canal, who ultimately made the first moves to construct a ...

Matthew Parker, author of “Hell’s Gorge: The Battle to Build the Panama Canal,” told the BBC that about 25,000 people died, many from mosquito-borne viruses, in the failed French attempt ...

blasting through mountains and the erection of complex locks across the Isthmus of Panama. Thousands of laborers, many from Caribbean nations, perished in the massive canal project.

The Panama Canal Repurchase Act, introduced by Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) in Congress, has brought renewed attention to the Panama Canal’s status. The proposed legislation, supported by ...

Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat ... than any undertaking previously attempted. A French attempt to build a canal in the 1880s was met with disaster after ...

“The Canal is and will remain Panama’s and its administration will remain under Panamanian control with respect to its permanent neutrality,” said Mulino. Trump’s pledge to take control of ...

The Panama Canal is no stranger to global attention. President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to “demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and without ...