In the 1970s, a conservative coalition came together to fight ceding control of the Panama Canal—proving the political potency of the issue. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV.

It's unclear how the issue of ownership of the Panama Canal became a talking point for President-elect Donald Trump this week, but the question has a long political history.

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TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - President-elect Donald Trump says the United States should invade Panama to reclaim the Panama Canal, which the U-S ceded possession of in the late 1970s. He says Panama ...

The canal, which was completed in 1914, was handed over to Panama by the United States in 1999, following a bilateral treaty signed in 1903, after Panama's separation from Colombia.

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In recent weeks, when he was President-elect Donald Trump publicly said that Panama should return the Panama Canal to the United States, and he would not rule out using military force to reclaim it.

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later ...

A Hong Kong-based conglomerate has agreed to sell its stake in two Panama Canal ports to U.S. and Swiss investors amid pressure from the Trump administration over the ports’ ties to China.