First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.The president-elect is renewing ...
The U.S. acquired the rights to build and operate the canal in the early 20th century, but at the time, Panama was in the ...
In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that ...
Moments after President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his plans to take back the Panama Canal, Panama’s president said Sunday that the canal will remain under his country’s control.
This region, known as the Panama Canal Zone, was administered by the United States and U.S. law applied to the inhabitants of the region. But after decades of tensions around the canal ...
After Donald Trump suggested the U.S. can retake control of the canal if it’s not “treated fairly,” Panama’s president pushed ...
Trump’s other claim, that China is seeking to exert more control over Panama and the Canal Zone, is not without merit. In 2017, Panama signed a joint communique that stressed it would not ...
stating that "every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent zones" belongs to Panama. The president held up a red book titled "Torrijos Carter Treaty" as he referenced the 1977 agreement ...
“As president, I want to express clearly that every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent zone belongs to Panama, and will continue to do so,” Mulino said in video ...