Panama Canal Fixation Isn’t New, and It’s Not Just Trump’s
His fascination is nothing new. “The Panama Canal is doing quite well,” Donald Trump beamed in June 2017 during one of his ...
Business Insider1y
A traffic jam means ships are taking about 10 days to get through the Panama Canal — take a look at its 109-year history
Construction of the canal begins. President Theodore Roosevelt at the controls of an excavating machine digging the Panama Canal in 1906. The Panama Canal locks under construction in 1910.
PBS13y
TR and the Panama Canal
A canal across Panama would save incalculable miles and ... and on January 20, 1882, commenced digging. They commanded an impressive array of modern equipment, from steam shovels and locomotives ...
As Panama remembers bloody past, a message for Trump: the canal is ours
Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama ...
The Washington Post18d
The troubled history of the Panama Canal’s racial and social divide
Reports from the people of Panama said it was not ... emboldened after completing the Suez Canal, who started the big dig in the late 19th century. They hired the count who led the Suez project ...
PBS4y
Chief Engineers of the Panama Canal
Right at the start of his tenure Stevens did the one thing that Wallace failed to do -- stop digging. John Stevens was appointed Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal Project in 1905 based on his ...
Hosted on MSN4d
Trump doesn’t deny considering military coercion to gain control of Panama Canal
President-elect Trump told reporters he could not assure them that he would not use military or economic coercion to regain ...
NBC Los Angeles18d
A history of the Panama Canal — and why the US can't just take it back
The U.S. helped engineer Panama's independence from Colombia to build the canal, which opened in 1914. But it ceded control ...
Trump won’t rule out using military to get Panama Canal
President-elect Trump on Tuesday refused to commit to not using the U.S. military to gain control of the Panama Canal, after ...