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 ...

Reagan, like Trump, wanted to keep control of the Canal zone—but for different reasons. For Trump it’s all about China—for Reagan it was that evergreen bugaboo of the U.S. foreign policy ...

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 ...

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 ...

Initially the survey only to covered the Canal Zone, but with the support of the Republic of Panama, the parameters expanded to include the entire nation. Work began in late 1910 and was conducted by ...

Unsurprisingly, Rubio’s first stop is in Panama, where Rubio addressed the topic of U.S. control of the Panama Canal and China’s growing influence in the region.

Today, Panama has a population of 4.5 million people and operates as a democracy. They have a standing military of an estimated 80,000 personnel. The Panama Canal Zone is 50 miles long and 10 ...

Rubio meets with Panamanian president to discuss Panama Canal, migrant crossings 02:47. Lin said the Belt and Road Initiative had brought "active participation" from over 150 countries and that it ...

A woman places flowers by a portrait depicting one of the Panamanian students who was killed during the January 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone, marking Martyrs ...

And while it’s true that racial segregation existed in the Panama Canal Zone, with separate bathrooms, water fountains, and schools, this is not what caused the 1964 riots.