In a column titled “The troubled history of the Panama Canal’s racial and social divide,” Dvorak explains how the legacy of the U.S.-built shipping route “includes segregation and violence.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

“A man, a plan, a canal — Panama,” so the famous palindrome goes. Just a quick history review. The U.S. took over canal construction from the French in 1904, completing it in 1914 for $375 ...

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Donald Trump has long been fixated on the Panama Canal, a crucial shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He has railed against rising tolls on American ships (though the increases ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ... State Marco Rubio admitted his claim that Panama would allow American ships to use its canal for free is not true.

Trump Is a Man With a Panama Canal Plan It should come as no surprise that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first stop on his first official trip this weekend will be in Panama, a nation that ...