In 1903 the young country of Panama signed a treaty with the United States allowing the construction and control of the Panama Canal Zone. The treaty placed the Panamanians at a disadvantage ...

Following pressure from anti-colonial movements, the U.S. signed treaties in 1977 granting Panama control and full sovereignty over the canal zone and ... the ports of Balboa and Cristobal at ...

Panama’s control of the canal that bears its name should not be returned to the United States despite President Donald Trump’s calls of “we’re taking it back,” Panamanians say.

The map highlights Cristóbal at the Atlantic Ocean end and Balboa at the Pacific Ocean end, image They sit at either end of the canal and have been operated by a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK ...

At the time, the U.S. still controlled the Canal Zone, but dictator Gen. Manuel Noriega, an erstwhile CIA operative and indicted drug trafficker, increasingly found himself in American crosshairs ...

The Balboa Fun Zone lives up to its name. The small park is full of fun activities for children, and with views of the Pacific, adults are sure to enjoy their time as well. This boat yard-turned ...

Following pressure from anti-colonial movements, the U.S. signed treaties in 1977 granting Panama control and full sovereignty over the canal zone and ... the ports of Balboa and Cristobal at ...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to regain U.S. ownership of the Panama Canal, which the United ... has managed two ports—at Balboa on the Pacific coast and at ...

To build the Canal, she says, “old Panamanian towns along the interoceanic route were eliminated and their inhabitants expelled to create a Canal Zone without ... Núñez de Balboa first saw ...

Protests in the Panama Canal Zone during the 1960s led successive ... Indeed, Chinese companies lease ports near the canal, such as Balboa on the Pacific and Cristobal near Colón on the Atlantic ...