Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter ...

They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.

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.

Donald Trump would have no recourse under international law if he decided to make a play for the passage, and Panama's president has rejected the US president's words, saying no nation "interferes ...

In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?

Trump began his second presidential term with a series of promises, including the vow to gain control of the Panama Canal.

Over decades, a shift in US military strategy, larger carriers and the growth of commerce on the West Coast deemphasized US ...

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When Panama declared independence later that year, the U.S. quickly recognized the new nation and signed ... Carter views the Panama Canal at the Miraflores Locks in Canal Zone on June 17, 1978.

Trump has characterized the fees for transiting the canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as “ridiculous.” FILE - A cargo ship sails through the Miraflores locks of the Panama ...

Panama City — The administrator ... absolutely all those who transit the canal and clearly defined.” The canal depends on reservoirs to operate its locks and was heavily affected by drought ...

PANAMA CITY (AP ... and would go through a public comment process, he said. The canal depends on reservoirs to operate its locks and was heavily affected by drought during the past two ...