Jan 28, 2025 · The United States didn’t “own” the Canal Zone, but it had the authority to govern, operate and protect the zone as if it were “sovereign” territory within Panama. To create the Canal ...

Dec 22, 2024 · Former CNN and current NewsNation host Chris Cuomo weighed in on the debate on his X account, stating that Trump and the United States have no leverage and that America “never owned” the Panama Canal.

President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian Chief of Government Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaty and Neutrality Treaty on September 7, 1977. This agreement relinquishes American control over the canal by the year 2000 and guarantees its neutrality.

Feb 3, 2025 · On January 9, 1964, violent riots in the Canal Zone and the heavy-handed U.S. response left four U.S. personnel and 20 Panamanians dead and more than 200 injured and led to Panama breaking diplomatic relations with the United States.

Jan 20, 2025 · Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino criticized Trump's earlier remarks, saying “every square meter” of the Panama Canal would continue to belong to Panama. Here’s what the USA TODAY Fact...

Dec 24, 2024 · It is a man-made waterway that uses a series of locks and reservoirs over 51 miles (82 kilometers) to cut through the middle of Panama and connect the Atlantic and Pacific. It spares ships having...

It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Jan 20, 2025 · Jorge Luis Quijano, who served as the Panama Canal’s administrator from 2014 to 2019, says the neutrality treaty does give the U.S. the right to act if the canal’s operation is threatened due to military conflict — but not to reassert control.

6 days ago · The Panama Canal is the lock-type canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama. The length of the Panama Canal from shoreline to shoreline is about 65 km (40 miles).

Feb 4, 2025 · Whereas, as a condition of United States Government support for Panama’s independence from Colombia, including the positioning of United States troops in the then-territory of Panama, the United States was to be assured access to construct and control a canal in perpetuity, an agreement that culminated in the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, signed ...