President Donald Trump has complained about the U.S. relinquishing control of the waterway to Panama more than 20 years ago.

PANAMA CITY - Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said on March 20 that he didn't place any value on reports the US military is looking into options for ensuring full US access to the Panama Canal ...

Donald Trump has said repeatedly that he wants to “take back” the Panama Canal but has not offered specifics about how he would do so. An explanation of the history and laws governing the ...

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Panama's famous canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. But, this important gateway for world trade is increasingly blocked. Cargo ships often have to wait weeks for passage, because water ...

Thus spoke Donald Trump shortly after BlackRock, an American investment firm, announced on March 4th that it would buy two ports on the Panama Canal from ck Hutchison (ckh), their Hong Kong-based ...

The legal framework governing relations rests on the 1977 treaties negotiated under President Jimmy Carter and Gen. Omar Torrijos. The Panama Canal Treaty mandated complete American withdrawal by ...

Washington relinquished control of the waterway to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999, under a treaty signed in 1977 by then-President Jimmy Carter. Trump has claimed that Carter “foolishly” gave the ...

Explore the life and times of Jimmy Carter, and the inspirations ... And he negotiated the controversial Panama Canal Treaty, which gave back the canal to Panamanians, averting almost certain ...

In 1977, after long-running protests by Panamanians, President Jimmy Carter signed a treaty that turned control of the canal over to Panama. In 1989, during the George H.W. Bush administration ...