Jan 9, 2025 · The Panama Canal’s origins and US intervention are inextricably intertwined. After failed negotiations with Colombia, the United States pivoted to support Panamanian independence in 1903, with President Theodore Roosevelt employing “gun boat diplomacy” to deter Colombian resistance to the movement. The reward for military support and US recognition of the Republic of Panama was the Hay ...

4 days ago · After Trump said in his January 20 inauguration speech that it is time for the US to retake control of the Panama Canal, US Senator Eric Schmitt on January 23 introduced a resolution calling for the Panamanian government to ”expel official and interests of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and terminate Chinese management of key ...

Jan 24, 2025 · In 2016, China’s Landbridge Group secured a $900-million contract to manage the port of Margarita, Panama’s largest, located not far from the Atlantic entrance to the canal. We received an update or correction on this last sentence “The Landbridge 2016 concession for Isla Margarita in Colon was taken away by the AMP.

3 days ago · The waterway is managed by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), a branch of the Panamanian government. Panamanian authorities have repeatedly stated that there is no Chinese management of the canal ...

2 days ago · A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday expressed alarm at China's influence on the Panama Canal, which President Donald Trump has vowed the United States would take back.

3 days ago · The Panama Canal facilitates 40 percent of U.S. seaborne container traffic and six percent of all global trade, but China has exploited Panama’s institutional weakness to evade U.S. sanctions and impose unfair charges on U.S. commerce and Naval ships.

Jan 22, 2025 · China's interests in the Panama Canal Two of the five ports adjacent to the canal, Balboa and Cristóbal, which sit on the Pacific and Atlantic sides respectively, have been operated by a ...

Jan 15, 2025 · The transfer of the Canal to Panama paralleled the integration of China into the world’s economy. Since the official handover in 1999, China’s rise as a global power made the Canal a logical target to increase its influence in the Western Hemisphere.

Aug 2, 2022 · China began seriously swooping in to control the canal under former President Donald Trump's lackadaisical approach, but the gains aren't irreversible. Here's the truth about who "owns" the...

Jan 2, 2025 · On Dec. 25, President-elect Donald J. Trump went on his social media platform, Truth Social, to wish a “Merry Christmas to all, including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but...