Failing to reach terms with Colombia to build a US canal, then US President Theodore Roosevelt sent gunships to Panama’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts to support calls for Panamanian independence.

But in the Canal Zone ... on the treaties was open to question. Panama owes its existence as a nation (before 1903 it was a part of Colombia) to Teddy Roosevelt’s diplomacy and determination ...

So, President Teddy Roosevelt worked with newly-independent Panama to order the canal’s construction. In 1914, it opened. Download the SAN app today to stay up-to-date with Unbiased. Straight Facts™.

"Giving the Panama Canal to Panama was a very big mistake ... However, more than a century ago, another Republican – Theodore Roosevelt – celebrated the way the United States spearheaded ...

One issue gaining interest concerns the Panama Canal, which has operated since ... After a French effort went bankrupt and high mortality rates consumed the canal project, U.S. President Teddy ...

And it was finally finished during the US presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. From the inception of the US project in 1903 up until 1979, the Panama Canal and the surrounding area (extending five ...

when Donald Trump is vowing to take back the Canal and recently sent his Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Panama to assess the situation. Perhaps someone told Trump about Teddy Roosevelt’s ...

The US government bought the French canal concession ... In 1903, the then-president, Theodore Roosevelt, supported an attempt by Panama to declare independence, and sent gunships to deter ...

Trump’s vision harks back to the muscular nationalism of president Theodore Roosevelt ... amid the intensifying US-China rivalry. The Panama Canal treaties contain important provisions defining ...

Donald Trump shocked his allies on Tuesday, January 7, by not ruling out the use of force to retake the Panama Canal or purchase Greenland. With this bluff, the president-elect is reviving the old ...