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Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, living and dying under Jim Crow conditions that the U.S. imposed in Panama.
The most important member of the corps that built the Panama Canal might have been the sanitation officer.
A fake quote attributed to Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino, saying that his country would double the tariffs for U.S. warships transiting the Panama Canal and devote the proceeds to women ...
Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American influence continue to rise.
The security of the Panama Canal is vital to the U.S. economy and military, leading to concerns over China's presence in the region.
A history of the Panama Canal — and why Trump can't take it back on his own President-elect Donald Trump is decrying rising shipping fees Panama has imposed to use the Panama Canal ...
The number of vessels that transited the Panama Canal, the world's second-busiest waterway, fell to an average of 33.7 per day in March for a total of 1,045 ships that month, according to a ...
In December 2024, Panama doubled fees for U.S. warships to transit the Panama Canal and started dedicating the additional funding toward women's reproductive health care.
Captain Hallax is one of 310 pilots — six are women — authorized by the Authority of the Panama Canal to steer a ship through the trade-critical waterway.
White House ‘drawing up plans’ for increasing troops in Panama amid Trump’s push to ‘reclaim’ canal: report Trump has vowed to ‘take back’ the Panama Canal ...