Panama News » Panama News Panama » Panama » History: Yes, US Used to Own the Panama Canal. Here's the History
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images In December 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump began repeatedly calling for the return of the Panama Canal to ...
News Panama » Panama » History: US-China rivalry over Panama Canal sparks tensions, leaving Panama caught in war of words
Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the Pacific have become the ...
News Panama » Panama » History: Trump Says US Will Take Back Panama Canal. Here's Its Ownership History
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 ...
News Panama » Panama » History: Panama City’s Multi-Coastal Story: History, Culture & Life on the Bay
Protected from the open Gulf by Shell Island, an uninhabited barrier island, Panama City’s shoreline unfolds across pristine beaches and calm bays. This natural buffer creates a dynamic landscape ...
News Panama » Panama » History: Trump Threatens Again to Retake Panama Canal While Distorting Deadly History of Waterway
During Monday’s inauguration, Donald Trump repeated his threat to retake the Panama Canal. The United States controlled the waterway since the early 20th century, but in 1977 President Jimmy Carter ...
News Panama » Panama » History: In the zone: Anti-Trump diatribes masquerade as Panama Canal history
The controversy also provoked the predictable bevy of corporate media commentary criticizing Trump: Pundits explained, as if uninformed Americans thought otherwise, that he cannot simply “take it back ...