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

The United States has a treaty obligation to protect the Panama Canal if it comes under attack, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, amid confusion and what Panama has described as ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino has rejected the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing ...

President Donald Trump is a man with a plan for the canal, namely to force Panama to limit China’s influence on the vital 50-mile shortcut between the Atlantic and the Pacific or risk the United ...

Panama City, Panama - January 26, 2025 Panama holds full ownership and usage rights over the Panama Canal, said a number of Panamanians in separate interviews with China Central Television, rejecting ...

The 1977 Neutrality Treaty signed with Panama covers this very contingency and security concern. Built largely during Teddy Roosevelt’s administration between 1904 and 1914 the canal across the ...

To protect its interests in Panama without destabilizing the region, the United States must approach this situation with ...

On Dec. 31, 1999, the U.S. relinquished control of the canal to Panama under a treaty negotiated by President Jimmy Carter and ratified by the Senate in 1978 in what Trump has called “a terrible ...

The agreement was a result of Panama's independence from Colombia and the U.S.'s interest in building a canal. The Carter Administration oversaw the signing of a new treaty in 1977, which returned ...