Trump's Panama Canal threats are the latest in a long history of US interest and involvement in Panama. America invaded a few ...

The Navy's decision to stay silent amid the negotiations with Panama makes it difficult to accurately determine just how much ...

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.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said it was "absurd" that U.S. government ships are charged to use the Panama ...

For decades, Trump has railed against Jimmy Carter’s decision to give the canal to Panama.

Although the 1977 treaties had called for the eventual transfer of all military bases in what had been the Panama Canal Zone to the Panamanian government, as of 1989 they were still operational and ...

Donald Trump remained insistent he wants the Panama Canal ... hands of the U.S. military decades earlier. In 1964 students protested in the then-U.S.-controlled canal zone after being told they ...

Following pressure from anti-colonial movements, the U.S. signed treaties in 1977 granting Panama control and full sovereignty over the canal zone and ... and U.S. military ships enjoy priority ...

PANAMA CITY — U.S ... who died at the hands of the U.S. military decades earlier. On Jan. 9, 1964, students protested in the then-U.S. controlled canal zone over not being allowed to fly ...

Panama has also experienced several US military interventions over the years ... even go inside,” said author Diaz-Espino of the Canal Zone. “They had everything. They had golf courses ...

Trump, re-upping a post-election promise, decried the US’s decision to give the Canal Zone back to ... refused to rule out military force. The US previously invaded Panama in 1989 to topple ...