There is an echo of McKinley’s spirit and Roosevelt’s strategy in the early Trump White House. For a president who said that the success of his administration would be measured by “the wars we never ...

Teddy Roosevelt would presumably be pleased. President Trump spoke loudly and swung a big stick in Panama’s direction, and it ...

The Trump administration is taking proactive measures to regain control over the Panama Canal and reduce Chinese influence at ...

Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, ...

The Panama Canal has taken on an unexpected significance in Trump’s second term. So what is it? Why is it important? And why ...

The secretary of state said the United States could take steps to “protect its rights.” Panama’s leader said he was sure that ...

While repeating Trump’s lies about Panama, Senate leaders from both parties provide fraudulent justifications for a military ...

President Donald Trump's suggestion of the U.S. taking control of the Panama Canal has a legal basis partly due to potential ...

US president Theodore Roosevelt made a counter-offer to get ... Members of the Canal Zone Roller-Skating Club in Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone, 1955.Credit: Getty Images, digitally tinted ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in 1999, as "a foolish gift that should have never been made".

Is the future of the Panama Canal under threat? Discover why the canal is struggling and the projects proposed to replace it.

The United States built the canal, one of the engineering marvels of the day, after helping Panama achieve independence from Colombia. Roosevelt the nationalist envisioned the canal as an ...