The 1903 agreement between the U.S. and Panama granted the U.S. control of the Canal Zone, but not ownership, as Panama ...

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

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

He repeated that 38,000 Americans had died building it, a far-fetched figure (the real number ... the heart of the young republic—the territory that would become the Panama Canal Zone. Read More: ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

He repeated that 38,000 Americans had died building it, a far-fetched figure ... republic—the territory that would become the Panama Canal Zone. Read More: Donald Trump Still Wants to Take ...