(Aris Martinez/Reuters) The Panama Canal Zone is President Donald Trump’s kind of place. For thousands of Americans who were born or raised there during the decades when it was a tropical ...

Back in 1903, the Republic of Panama (herein Panama) gave the United States (herein U.S.) possession of the Canal Zone, but not title, or sovereignty. It was a use, like a lease with a payment to ...

The canal was leased to the U.S. for nearly 75 years under the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 which established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal." ...

In 1964, a simmering conflict over the placement of Panamanian and American flags within the canal zone sparked pro-Panama student demonstrations. Then violent clashes erupted that pitted ...

For most of the 20th century, Panama was physically severed in two by the US-controlled Canal Zone, which ran through the middle of the Central American country. Thanks to Panamanian diplomacy ...

Native Panamanians were removed from the Canal Zone, which had been the most populous part of Panama, in part to make conditions more "hygienic", and it became effectively a US colony. This was a ...

Members of the Canal Zone Roller-Skating Club in Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone, 1955.Credit: Getty Images, digitally tinted As part of a two-speed economy, other workers on the canal ...

Native Panamanians were removed from the Canal Zone, which had been the most populous part of Panama, in part to make conditions more "hygienic", and it became effectively a US colony. This was a ...

PANAMA CITY — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought a warning to Panamanian leader José Raúl Mulino on Sunday: Immediately reduce what President Donald Trump says is Chinese influence ...

WASHINGTON - China's presence around the Panama Canal is a national security ... of Chinese companies and actors throughout the Canal Zone, in everything from ports and logistics to ...