A history of the Panama Canal — and why the US can't just take it back Unless he goes to war with Panama, Donald Trump can't reassert control over a canal the U.S. agreed to cede in the 1970s.

Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later, Donald Trump is ...

During a visit to Panama on April 9, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared that Washington “will not allow China to threaten the security or operations of the canal,” as quoted by AFP. ...

Panama's voters approved a 2006 referendum authorizing a major expansion of the canal to accommodate larger modern cargo ships. The expansion took until 2016 and cost more than $5.2 billion.

Panama and the US signed agreements on security and regional cooperation, but the issue of control over the canal remains unresolved. The two countries use different wording in their statements ...

Rubio threatens Panama’s president over canal, saying status quo is ‘unacceptable’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio is arguing that the presence of two Hong Kong companies and other Chinese ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, and he hopes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ...

The social and racial divide along the Panama Canal Zone in its American heyday was stark: a silver and gold, segregated system of pay — and life. “Separate schools, clubhouses, commissaries ...

Daily on Defense: Trump threatens ‘something very powerful’ to take back Panama Canal, US wants Ukraine elections, Starmer meets with Rutte, key votes on the Hill.

“A man, a plan, a canal — Panama,” so the famous palindrome goes. Just a quick history review. The U.S. took over canal construction from the French in 1904, completing it in 1914 for $375 ...

When President Jimmy Carter traveled to Panama in June 1978 to finalize hotly disputed treaties turning over the Panama Canal, he declared that “we stand on the threshold of a new era.”. More ...

news Politics. A history of the Panama Canal — and why Trump can’t take it back on his own The president-elect is threatening to take back the waterway when he takes office.