Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

May 29, 1879: The French Attempt Two years after a ... is signed in the newly independent republic of Panama, giving the United States rights to build a canal on the Panamanian isthmus for ...

PARIS, Nov. 26. -- Panama was debated in the Chamber of Deputies for a full half hour to-day, and during the entire time there was not one word about corruption. The fact is worth chronicling ...

Built and once controlled by the U.S., the canal is now owned by Panama, which charges ... Spanish and British initiatives to build a canal never got far. The French finally took up the project ...

All vessels, including warships and submarines, are given a Panama Canal pilot. Panama's independence from Colombia in 1903 is linked to the canal. Following the failure of French count Ferdinand ...

Trump’s tirade of Christmas Day social media posts about Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal was blatantly inflammatory ...

But it was not until 1878 that Colombia - which then counted Panama as a province - signed a concession with French engineers ... rights to build and indefinitely administer the canal.

After French Count Ferdinand de Lesseps failed to build a canal, the U.S. promoted Panama ... Jimmy Carter signed treaties transferring the canal to Panama on December 31, 1999. “Any attempt to ...

May 29, 1879: The French Attempt Two years after a ... is signed in the newly independent republic of Panama, giving the United States rights to build a canal on the Panamanian isthmus for ...

But it was not until 1878 that Colombia - which then counted Panama as a province - signed a concession with French engineers ... rights to build and indefinitely administer the canal.