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More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 ...

An overview of Panama's historical ties to the U.S. and where the crisis might be headed next.

President Trump wants Panama to return its namesake canal to the U.S. Panama’s birth as a nation is directly linked to the U.S.’s coming of age as a young imperial power after its victory in ...

In a column titled “The troubled history of the Panama Canal’s racial and social divide,” Dvorak explains how the legacy of the U.S.-built shipping route “includes segregation and violence.” ...

In his first speech as America's 47th president on Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump called for the U.S. to gain control of the Panama Canal, stating, "We're taking it back." Without evidence to support his ...

In December 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump began repeatedly calling for the return of the Panama Canal to the United States. In a Dec. 21, 2024 post on his social media platform Truth Social, ...