China has long eyed the Panama Canal as a major competitor in global trade, and with the Nicaragua Canal project, it seemed ...

U.S. cyber specialists from the Missouri National Guard, in coordination with U.S. Southern Command, hosted a cyber subject ...

How many Americans died building the Panama Canal? “The United States, I mean think of this, spent more money than ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in the building of the ...

It was an implicit quid pro quo. Panama received independence, and the United States was able to build the canal after the Spaniards gave up on the prospect, and the French failed in their efforts.

The Panama Canal, which Trump has repeatedly discussed taking back control of, was the most expensive public works project in U.S. history up until that time, with about $302 million spent on ...

In 1902 the U.S. Senate approved the building of the canal in Panama, but then the Colombian congress rejected the deal, hoping to renegotiate for more money. Not to be deterred, Roosevelt wielded ...

After building the Suez Canal, French engineers tried to do the same thing in Panama. For most of human history, the route around Cape Horn at the southern end of Chile was the only navigable path ...

That allowed the U.S. to take control of a 10-mile strip of land to build the canal. Construction started in 1904 and was completed in 1914. While splitting Panama, it was a remarkable achievement.

Importantly, the Panama Canal has more than 12,000 ships travel through each year, and of those ships 70% are coming from or going to U.S. ports. CK Hutchison co-managing director Frank Sixt said ...

Despite the distance, both have boosted their operations, in part thanks to the agency that manages the waterway. “The Canal has given us the materials needed to build the chicken coop […] and on top ...

The Panama Canal, which Trump has repeatedly discussed taking back control of, was the most expensive public works project in U.S. history up until that time, with about $302 million spent on ...