Carter viewed the Panama Canal transfer as a defining moment of his presidency, while Donald Trump recently reignited debate, ...
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. With a stroke of the ...
President-elect Trump said on Tuesday that negotiating away the Panama Canal was a "very big mistake" by former President Jimmy Carter – ahead of Carter's state funeral later this week.
One claim about Jimmy Carter, which he repeated twice, is just wrong. Following up on his recent threats to retake control of the Panama Canal if Panama doesn’t lower shipping fees and ...
He recently challenged the government of Panama ... The canal became a target as revolutionary forces in Central America increasingly threatened vital American interests. President Jimmy ...
To return the canal to Panama, President Jimmy Carter worked to change minds and build a bipartisan coalition that put aside short-term political considerations. By Peter Baker Reporting from ...
The U.S. does not have any authority over the Panama Canal. The waterway ... control until treaties signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter set terms for its eventual transfer to Panama.
Former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy was marked by influential acts of foreign diplomacy. One such act — the handing over of the Panama Canal as a part of treaties signed nearly four decades ...
President Trump’s push to take back control of the strategic waterway stokes memories of a period of U.S. imperial ambition ...