Trump Wants U.S. Control of the Panama Canal. Here Are 3 Things to Know.
Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.
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25 Years since the Transfer of the Panama Canal
To hold its status in global trade, the canal expanded. Now it faces water level challenges, as well as pressure from U.S.
Panama Canal is not for sale, Panama's president says. What to know about the canal's history and status
The U.S. acquired the rights to build and operate the canal in the early 20th century, but at the time, Panama was in the ...
The troubled history of the Panama Canal’s racial and social divide
The social and racial divide along the Panama Canal zone in its American heyday was stark: a silver and gold, segregated ...
A history of the Panama Canal — and why Trump can’t take it back on his own
Unless he goes to war with Panama, Trump can’t reassert control over a canal the U.S. agreed to cede in the 1970s.
Panama President Refutes Trump’s Claim of Chinese Meddling in Canal
Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said China has no stake in the Panama Canal and US warships pay the same toll rates as ...
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Trump’s threats to re-take the Panama Canal are ill-informed
It’s hard to know how seriously to take Mr. Trump’s broadsides. But threatening a takeover that would require an invasion may ...
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Map Shows What US Would Look Like if Trump Buys Greenland, Panama Canal
On Saturday, Trump described the Panama Canal as a "complete rip-off," demanding that Panama lower fees on American ships passing through. He added that the U.S. would "demand that the Panama ...
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Trump, in First Major Speech Since Election Victory, Threatens To Demand Return of Panama Canal If America Is Not Treated ‘Fairly’
At the time, one Japanese company paid nearly $4 million to jump to the front of the line. The canal zone was returned to Panamanian control following the ratification of the Carter-Torrijos Treaties, ...
6 key lines from Trump’s Sunday speech to conservative activists in Phoenix
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday, in his first rally-like speech since the November election, threatened to retake ...
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A history of the Panama Canal — and why Trump can’t take it back on his own
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to ... Her family is still waiting for answers. 45 years ago, a Virginia Beach woman was killed.