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

Trump recently claimed 35,000 or 38,000 "American men" died building the Panama Canal between 1904 and 1914. And while thousands of lives were indeed lost during construction to malaria, yellow ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Panama's independence from Colombia in 1903 is linked to the canal. Following the failure of French count Ferdinand ... land and water in perpetuity to build it. After 10 years of construction ...

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.

President-elect Trump unleashed a tirade against Panama Canal tolls Saturday ... 22,000 workers who died while the French attempted to build the canal in the 1880s. The Department of Government ...

(Reuters) - Latin American leaders on Monday rallied to Panama's defense after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reimpose U.S. control over the Panama Canal, a key global shipping route ...