Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding ...

The Panama Canal is a 51-mile man-made waterway with locks and reservoirs connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving ships from a 7,000-mile detour around Cape Horn at South America’s ...

But dependent on the US to protect their freedom from Colombia, Panama’s hands were tied. The US imported workers to build the canal from across the Caribbean. An ingenious system of locks ...

Of the many sweeping changes President Trump has been focused on during his return to the White House is control over the Panama Canal ... U.S. trade route. The canal uses locks at each end ...

The cargo ship Cosco Houston tests a new set of locks at the Panama Canal as part of a canal expansion project, in June 2016. Carlos Jasso/Reuters Panama has owned and administered the Panama ...

Here’s a look at the history of the canal and what it would take for the US to retake it: The Panama Canal is a 51-mile man-made waterway with locks and reservoirs connecting the Atlantic and Pacific ...

If you are desperate to see the canal in action but can’t make it to Panama, the ACP livestreams activity at five sets of locks, and the canal runs 24 hours a day. To do a deeper dive into the ...

President Trump on Monday doubled down on his commitment to expand US territory, promising to take back the Panama Canal. Trump, re-upping a post-election promise, decried the US’s decision to ...

The Panama Canal Repurchase ... But the Canal represents much more than a strategic maritime route. To visualize its importance, imagine the Cocoli Locks, where enormous container ships wait ...

blasting through mountains and the erection of complex locks across the Isthmus of Panama. Thousands of laborers, many from Caribbean nations, perished in the massive canal project.