It was a territory known to some who lived there as a tropical utopia. The Canal Zone in Panama had been under U.S. control for nearly 75 years. But in 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed ...
The Panama Canal Authority leader denied that China controls the waterway, warning President-elect Trump against ending the ...
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.
President-elect Trump said on Tuesday that negotiating away the Panama Canal was a "very big mistake" by former President Jimmy Carter – ahead of Carter's state funeral later this week.
To return the canal to Panama, President Jimmy Carter worked to change minds and build a bipartisan coalition that put aside short-term political considerations. By Peter Baker Reporting from ...