“The Canal is and will remain Panama’s and its administration will remain under Panamanian control with respect to its permanent neutrality,” said Mulino. Trump’s pledge to take control of ...

The Panama Canal Repurchase Act, introduced by Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) in Congress, has brought renewed attention to the Panama Canal’s status. The proposed legislation, supported by ...

The US imported workers to build the canal from across the Caribbean. An ingenious system of locks designed by the US Army Corps of Engineers raised ships from ocean level to Gatun Lake ...

In the first speech of his second term, President Donald Trump denounced a deal made decades ago, when the U.S. turned over the Panama Canal to the country for which it's named. “We have been ...

Of the many sweeping changes President Trump has been focused on during his return to the White House is control over the Panama Canal. Since winning the 2024 election, Trump has mused over ...

In recent weeks, when he was president-elect, Donald Trump publicly said that Panama should return the Panama Canal to the United States and that he would not rule out using military force to ...

The Panama Canal is no stranger to global attention ... early 1900s but now increasingly common on the high seas. A lock system helps all ships cross between the oceans, from a small ship to ...

To return the canal to Panama, President Jimmy Carter worked to change minds and build a bipartisan coalition that put aside short-term political considerations. By Peter Baker Reporting from ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence Monday that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control fed nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the ...

Dr. Hogan teaches in the History and Literature program at Harvard University. His research focuses on Central America and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2023, on a research ...

In his inaugural address, US President Donald Trump promised to "take back" the "foolish gift" from the United States that was the Panama Canal. But was it in fact a gift? And does China really ...

President Donald Trump on Monday cast himself as a peacemaker in his second inaugural address, but immediately vowed that the United States would be "taking back" the Panama Canal. Trump issued ...