The critical waterway has a complex history. Why does Trump want it back? And what does China have to do with it?

Panama President José Raúl Mulino has rejected the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing ...

And how did it secure the rights? Partly by gunboat diplomacy. The US government bought the French canal concession, but Panama was then ... By the US army corps of engineers, using imported ...

led a French attempt to build a canal between 1881 and 1889; 11 miles were built before the project was defeated by engineering problems, a shockingly high mortality rate and bankruptcy. The US had a ...