The Huge Financial Stakes Behind Trump’s Sudden Interest In The Panama Canal
President Trump is reportedly dispatching his newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Panama for his first foreign ...
Marco Rubio encounters a resolute Panama unwilling to cede its canal
Newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio encountered stiff resistance in Panama. Officials said control of the ...
Opinion: Yes, the Panama Canal was built at a dear price — paid in Black lives
Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, ...
Trump’s Talk of the Panama Canal Taps Into Old Myths About U.S. Power
The answer is simple: there is no greater or more idealistic symbol of U.S. power in the world than the Panama Canal. As ...
Why is Trump threatening to take over the Panama Canal?
Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest ...
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Trump says China controls the Panama Canal — but here's how it really works
The United States began building the canal in 1904, the year after Panama gained independence from Colombia with U.S. support. The project was completed in 1914 as part of efforts to cut the ...
Why the US is claiming China’s presence violates the Panama neutrality treaty
Some U.S. lawmakers and officials are touting a nearly half-century-old treaty between the United States and Panama to ...
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Donald Trump's grab for the Panama Canal
when completed, would cut the sea journey by half. And how did it secure the rights? Partly by gunboat diplomacy. The US government bought the French canal concession, but Panama was then a ...
Rubio takes victory lap at Panama Canal after nation agrees to exit Chinese initiative
Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the Panamanian government’s decision to cut back its ties with the Chinese Communist ...