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Of the many sweeping changes President Trump has been focused on during his return to the White House is control over the Panama Canal. Since winning the 2024 election, Trump has mused over ...

Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat from US saber rattling once again. More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic ...

As United States President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday, he repeated his wishes to acquire the Panama Canal and rename the Gulf of Mexico in his inaugural speech.

MEXICO CITY — President Trump said Monday that the United States would reassert control over the Panama Canal, the strategic, U.S.-built waterway that Washington handed over to the Panamanian ...

In the first speech of his second term, President Donald Trump denounced a deal made decades ago, when the U.S. turned over the Panama Canal to the country for which it's named. “We have been ...

PANAMA CITY, Panama—President Trump’s reasons for wanting control of the Panama Canal can be found at either end of the interoceanic waterway. Every day, dozens of cargo ships pass by blue ...

In a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter), Mulino reaffirmed Panama's sovereignty over the canal, emphasizing that the waterway will remain under Panamanian control in accordance with the ...

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino issued a statement in response, emphasizing the canal will remain under Panama's control. As Trump seeks to regain control of the strategic waterway ...

In 1905, newly independent Panama signed a treaty granting the U.S. rights to build and indefinitely administer the canal. The U.S. paid Panama $10 million and later a $250,000 annuity for the rights.

The Panama Canal is no stranger to global attention. President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to “demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and ...