The Panama Canal Zone is President Donald Trump’s kind of place. For thousands of Americans who were born or raised there during the decades when it was a tropical outpost of U.S. power ...

The Canal Zone in Panama had been under U.S. control for nearly 75 years. But in 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed treaties with Panama's leader, Gen. Omar Torrijos.

The Canal Zone in Panama had been under U.S. control for nearly 75 years. But in 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed treaties with Panama's leader, Gen. Omar Torrijos.

On a sunny day last week, a group of American teen-agers marched up and raised a U.S. flag over their high school at Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone. It seemed an everyday thing to do. But in the ...

In addition, the canal "allows up to 14,000 ships to cross per year, accounts for 2.5% of global seaborne trade and is critical to U.S. imports of autos and commercial goods by container ships ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he would not rule out using “military force” to make Greenland and the Panama Canal Zone US territories. “No, I can’t assure you on either of ...

The U.S. acquired the rights to build and operate the canal in the early 20th century, but at the time, Panama was in the process of seceding from Colombia, whose senate was refusing to ratify a ...

The social and racial divide along the Panama Canal zone in its American heyday was stark: a silver and gold, segregated system of pay – and life. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

The Canal Zone in Panama had been under U.S. control for nearly 75 years. But in 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed treaties with Panama's leader, Gen. Omar Torrijos.