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

President Donald Trump announced a series of sweeping changes after being sworn in as the 47th U.S. President on Monday, including plans to "take back" the Panama Canal.

Trump has suggested using military force to retake the Panama Canal, but such an action would involve complications.

President Trump’s push to take back control of the strategic waterway stokes memories of a period of U.S. imperial ambition ...

The new US president has vowed to ‘take back’ the waterway, but there’s much more to this modern wonder than meets the eye ...

Trump first crossed paths with Panama in 2003 ... the $5.2 billion undertaking that opened in 2016 and dramatically expanded the canal’s operations and capacity to move far larger cargo ships ...

Trump also reiterated a claim that it is China, not Panama, that now controls the canal. Earlier this month, he left open the possibility ... Beijing during Trump’s first term and joining ...

The Panama Canal opened in 1914, but almost immediately some ... the “Permanent Neutrality Treaty” and the “Panama Canal Treaty.” The first granted the U.S. rights to ensure the canal ...