Donald Trump claimed China was operating the canal and "we didn't give it to China, we gave it to Panama, and we're taking it ...

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.

Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others ...

Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama ... located territory. For generations, outsiders had considered the narrow isthmus to be the perfect spot for a trans-oceanic canal that would ...