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As Panama assumes the helm of the United Nations Security Council for August, its top envoy is placing maritime security ...
As Panama assumes the helm of the United Nations Security Council for August, its top envoy is placing maritime security squarely on the global agend ...
The US ambassador to Panama on Wednesday called for the removal of Chinese-linked operators from key Panama Canal ports, ...
The Panama Canal is one of the most remarkable engineering feats in history, revolutionizing global trade and travel by ...
The Panama Canal. The world’s largest lock doors close behind me, heralding the start of a 12-hour transit across the isthmus of the Americas – the crossing of a continent by boat.
The newly-declared Republic of Panama soon signed the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903, which provided the U.S. with a 10-mile wide strip of land for the canal, a one-time $10 million payment to ...
Panama Canal, Aug. 12. Panama’s President Mulino said on Sunday afternoon, that Panama’s independence was non-negotiable, and that China had no influence on the canal’s administration.
Who owns the Panama Canal? As the name suggests, Panama owns the canal. Opening in 1914, the US-built canal was under US administration until a 1977 agreement called for its ultimate transfer to ...
Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect ...
The Colombian government, which controlled Panama at the time, granted land to construct a canal to a French company owned by Ferdinand de Lesseps, the same man who led the construction of the ...