UNT Dallas political science professor outlines the implications of Trump’s threat to the Panama Canal. Trump’s suggestion ...
They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.
The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.
Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America ...
There were good reasons to return the canal to Panama. Undoing it now would be a geopolitical disaster.
President Trump’s push to take back control of the strategic waterway stokes memories of a period of U.S. imperial ambition ...
The answer is simple: there is no greater or more idealistic symbol of U.S. power in the world than the Panama Canal. As ...
In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?
More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 ...
Trump relies on many claims debunked during the election campaign.
Trump began his second presidential term with a series of promises, including the vow to gain control of the Panama Canal.
Roughly 5% of all global trade flows through the canal’s 50-mile (80-kilometer) stretch each year, with the largest chunk ...