President Trump’s push to take back control of the strategic waterway stokes memories of a period of U.S. imperial ambition and violence.

has foolishly been given to the country of Panama after the United States…spent more money than ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal.

For decades, Trump has railed against Jimmy Carter’s decision to give the canal to Panama.

Of 13 confirmed Panamanian dead, five died in a burning building ... rights to the Canal Zone. Nothing less than “complete revision” of the entire operation would lead Panama to resume ...

The answer is simple: there is no greater or more idealistic symbol of U.S. power in the world than the Panama Canal. As Trump seeks a way to enhance the country's power in the world, leaning on ...

In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?

Trump has repeatedly suggested the U.S. should demand the return of the Panama Canal if Panama does not reduce the fees it ...

As Washington threatens and Panama refusing to back down, a struggle to control this key trade, security and immigration ...

The Panama Canal Administration Building Marotta walks into for work each day was, until the 1999 handover, inside the US-operated Panama Canal Zone. Just four days prior, Mulino had been couple ...

Trump claims “we lost 38,000 lives” building the canal ... in 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone.Credit: AP, digitally tinted Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...