Panama Canal is not for sale, Panama's president ... - CBS News
17 hours ago · About 40% of the world's cargo ship traffic moves through the Panama Canal, CBS News previously reported, though recent droughts have forced operators to reduce ship crossings.
Trump Wants U.S. Control of the Panama Canal. Here are Three ...
12 hours ago · The riots led to the renegotiation of the Panama Canal treaties, and in 1977 Mr. Carter and the Panamanian leader Omar Efraín Torrijos signed the Torrijos-Carter Treaties.
‘Canal is Panamanian’: Panama’s president rejects Trump ...
12 hours ago · The Panamanian president has rejected threats by US President-elect Donald Trump that the United States could reassert control over the Panama Canal, saying “there’s nothing to talk about ...
Panama president rules out talks with Trump over canal threat
9 hours ago · The canal, inaugurated in 1914, was built by the United States but handed to Panama on December 31, 1999, under treaties signed some two decades earlier by then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter and ...
Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal | AP News
4 days ago · PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The Canal is off the table: Latin America closes ranks with ...
22 hours ago · “Every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent zone belongs to Panama and will continue to do so,” Mulino said, days before the 25th anniversary of the complete handover of the infrastructure to Panama City agreed upon in 1977 with the signing of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, referring to former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and ...
Panama’s president and Trump spar over Panama Canal
4 days ago · In a video posted to social media, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, who was elected earlier this year on a pledge to bring his country closer to the United States, rejected Trump’s...
Explainer: What is the Panama Canal and why has Trump ...
3 days ago · The Panama Canal is an 82-km (51-mile) artificial waterway that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans through Panama, saving ships thousands of miles and weeks of travel around the stormy, icy ...
Panama Canal traffic cut by more than a third because of ...
Jan 19, 2024 · PANAMA CITY (AP) — A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings by 36% in the Panama Canal, one of the world’s most important trade routes. The new cuts announced Wednesday by authorities in Panama are set to deal an even greater economic blow than previously expected.
Ruling could permit a new reservoir for the water-starved ...
Jul 8, 2024 · PANAMA CITY (AP) — A court ruling could permit the construction of a new reservoir to feed the water-starved Panama Canal, but the project might take six years to build, the managers of the waterway said Monday.