Panamanian students carry a large flag along Fourth of July Avenue in Panama City, Jan. 9, 1964, after Canal Zone police fired at them with tear-gas guns.

The Canal Zone in Panama had been under U.S. control for nearly 75 years. But in 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed treaties with Panama's leader, Gen. Omar Torrijos.

The question posed by thousands of drivers living in Western Panama who have waited for years for another way to cross the ...

Panama Canal, Panama City at risk of large earthquake, says new research Date: November 19, 2010 Source: Seismological Society of America Summary: New data suggest that the Limon and Pedro Miguel ...

The Panama Canal turns 100 11:41. ... That suburb, known as the Panama Canal Zone, was a U.S. government-run enclave complete with its own police force, schools, hospitals and courts.

The Panama Canal Zone is President Donald Trump’s kind of place. For thousands of Americans who were born or raised there during the decades when it was a tropical outpost of U.S. power ...

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino speaks during his weekly press conference at the presidential palace in Panama City on December 26, 2024. ARNULFO FRANCO/AFP via Getty Images ...

The Panama Canal Zone was a little slice of American life in Central America — a parallel society with its own government, police, schools, military bases and even TV and radio stations. Many ...

Geologists have uncovered 1,400 years of fault ruptures in the area of the Panama Canal and Panama City. Getty Images. Nov. 22, 2010, 5:42 PM EST / Source: Discovery Channel.

The Canal Zone in Panama had been under U.S. control for nearly 75 years. But in 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed treaties with Panama's leader, Gen. Omar Torrijos.