The United States built the canal in the early 1900s but relinquished control to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999, under a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter.

Starting from President James Monroe in December 1823 till Donald Trump in 2025, policy statements from different American presidents from time to time have been attributed as doctrines. According to ...

The right-wing Mulino government has imposed Operation Omega to crack down on working class resistance to austerity measures.

Rubio says Panama must reduce Chinese influence around the canal area or face possible U.S. action BY Associated Press International UPDATED 2:53 PM ET Feb. 02, 2025 ...

Despite Mulino’s rejection of any negotiation over ownership, some believe Panama may be open to a compromise under which canal operations on both sides are taken away from the Hong Kong-based ...