She describes the notorious segregated system of pay that existed both during the U.S. construction of the canal (1903-1914) and for decades afterward in the U.S.-administered Panama Canal Zone, a ...

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 ...

Rubio says Panama must reduce China’s influence around canal zone or face possible U.S. action Panama’s president downplays potential U.S. retaliation, says current deal with China will not be ...

Object Details Alternate Name Biological Survey of Panama, 1910-1912 Description The Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone was conducted by the Smithsonian Institution between 1910 and 1912. It ...

has foolishly been given to the country of Panama after the United States…spent more money than ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal. We have ...

The United States also used land in Panama for a variety of military activities, from training astronauts (Neil Armstrong trained in jungle survival at an Air Force base in the Canal Zone) to ...

A citizens’ coalition on Wednesday asked Panama’s Supreme Court to declare “unconstitutional” a controversial agreement signed last week that allows the United States to deploy troops in the Canal ...

They have a standing military of an estimated 80,000 personnel. The Panama Canal Zone is 50 miles long and 10 miles wide. The terrain is a mix of jungle, lakes, agricultural land and urban sprawl.

China’s penetration of the Canal Zone makes it necessary for Trump to reassert U.S. sovereignty over the Zone. by Francis P. Sempa February 2, 2025, 3:20 PM ...

I have lived in the former Panama Canal Zone for almost two years. The neighborhood across the street from my own was previously inhabited by the 193 Infantry.