In his first speech as America's 47th president on Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump called for the U.S. to gain control of the Panama Canal, stating, "We're taking it back." Without evidence to support his ...

This is the climate in which the United States and Panama arrived at the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which set a timeline ... and could take the canal back through military force or economic ...

A timeline of Trump's many ... During his speech, Trump also spoke about the Panama Canal, falsely claiming that "China is operating" it. "We didn't give it to China. We're taking it back ...

Chancellor Scholz said President Trump will be a "challenge", while diplomatically adding: "Europe and the United States have a long history of ... taking "back" the Panama Canal, a key trade ...

However, Trump didn’t provide any detail or timeline ... as demonstrated history and our actions regarding the United States," he added. The 51-mile-long canal was built by the US in the early 20th ...

More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 ...

In a column titled “The troubled history of the Panama Canal’s racial and social divide,” Dvorak explains how the legacy of the U.S.-built shipping route “includes segregation and violence.” ...