Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino urged member nations at the Mercosur Summit in Buenos Aires, to back the Río Indio ...

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The Panama Canal is one of the greatest engineering marvels in human history, forever altering the course of maritime trade and reshaping global navigation. Located in the narrow Isthmus of Panama, ...

PANAMA CITY, Panama—When President Theodore Roosevelt formulated plans for the Panama Canal, there was no Panama. The country was still part of the Republic of Colombia despite bouts of on-again ...

Teddy Roosevelt was correct, at least in the idea that in building the canal the money was well spent. However, during the American construction, more than 5,000 lives were lost.

Panama’s constitution enshrines the neutrality of the 50-mile canal, which the U.S. constructed in the early 1900s before ceding control in the 1970s.

A Global Military Makes It All Possible President Teddy Roosevelt was a big fan of the US Navy’s Great White Fleet, the 16 battleships, painted white, that he sent around the world in 1907.

As explored in the special, without the canal, the trip would take weeks — upwards of 25 to 26 days — and would require a trip around South America. "The Panama Canal lets them cut through ...

The legacy of Teddy Roosevelt is also influencing Trump’s foreign policy agenda. Roosevelt, Trump said in his address, did “great things… including the Panama Canal.” ...

In 1977, under the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, the U.S. agreed to transfer control of the canal to Panama by Dec. 31, 1999, aiming to ease anti-American sentiment and meet Panama’s demands for ...

The United States obtained the right to construct and operate the canal in 1903 under President Theodore Roosevelt, who in his biography called it "by far the most important action I took in ...