In December 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump began repeatedly calling for the return of the Panama Canal to the United States. In a Dec. 21, 2024 post on his social media platform Truth Social, ...

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 ...

For close to a month, President-elect Donald Trump has warned that the Panamanian government needs to reduce the shipping rates and fees placed on U.S.-based vessels going through the Panama Canal, ...

TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) - The 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal, hailed at the time as one of the world's great wonders, has inspired a celebration in central Florida to showcase the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Escape New Haven’s Ethan Rodriguez-Torrent peeks in … Credit: Thomas Breen photos … to a diorama ...

Most Americans’ knowledge of the Panama Canal was acquired in a haze of junior high school history -- somewhere alongside “trust busting” and the “bully pulpit” in the unit on Teddy Roosevelt and turn ...

Upstate New York’s Erie Canal offers countless ways to explore its scenic beauty and history. Whether you prefer to walk, bike, drive, or even pilot your own boat, there’s something for every kind of ...

The History of the Canal Before the construction of the Panama Canal, a ship traveling between the east and west coasts of ...