When the Panama Canal was unveiled by the United States in 1914, the roughly 50-mile-long waterway symbolized American power ...

The United States spent almost $500 million (roughly equivalent to $15.2 billion in 2023) to finish the Panama Canal project.

Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter ...

January 24, 2025 25 years after the canal was transferred by the United States to Panama, the channel “has not stopped ...

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.

UNT Dallas political science professor outlines the implications of Trump’s threat to the Panama Canal. Trump’s suggestion ...

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s ...

President McKinley … gave Teddy Roosevelt the money for many of the great things he did, including the Panama Canal, which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama,” ...

Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama ...

Roughly 5% of all global trade flows through the canal’s 50-mile (80-kilometer) stretch each year, with the largest chunk ...