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 process of seceding from Colombia, whose senate was refusing to ratify a treaty that would allow the canal to be built, according to the State Department's Office of the Historian .
Jimmy Carter signed away the Panama Canal. Could Trump take it back?
The canal was turned over to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999. For Carter, the deal signified a new beginning of mutual respect and cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America, as he said in his speech in 1978. It also showed “the last remnant of alleged American colonialism is being removed” during a time when the world moved away from imperialism.
After hearing rhetoric about the United States taking back the Panama Canal, a local woman who grew up in the Panama Canal ...
Handing control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. over to the Central American country was one of President Jimmy Carter's ...
After Donald Trump suggested the U.S. can retake control of the canal if it’s not “treated fairly,” Panama’s president pushed ...
In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that ...
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