In his first speech as America's 47th president on Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump called for the U.S. to gain control of the Panama Canal, stating, "We're taking it back." Without evidence to support his ...

Further, the continued presence of America’s Canal Zone in the middle of sovereign Panama ... including China. This map shows the location of the Chinese-managed Panama-Colon container port at the tip ...

But in the Canal Zone, what flag to ... were unfurled at Balboa (see map). Before long, a crowd of 150 Panamanian high school students appeared carrying Panama’s national emblem.

On Jan 9, 1964, students protested in the then-US controlled canal zone over not being allowed to fly Panama's flag at a ... named the Gulf of America on US maps. But the rest of the world doesn ...

Even a casual look at the map shows how important ... but not if the Canal Zone once again was U.S. territory. Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal all fit together rather snugly in this global ...

EXCLUSIVE: The President-elect recently made comments about the "ridiculous" fees being charged by the Panama Canal for ships to pass through, bemoaning the US "foolishly giving it away." ...

Mr. Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in reclaiming control over the Panama Canal ... in Greenland and lower fees to transit the Canal Zone? No one around him will say.

President Donald Trump stated his intention to seize control of Gaza, displacing the Palestinian population, and transforming ...

Thomas P.M. Barnett is senior business strategist at Throughline Inc. and the author of America’s New Map. Find his daily ... and snatching back the Panama Canal to counter China’s growing ...

The region has long been neglected in Washington, but a “Monroe 2.0” foreign policy could backfire for the US.

Once a critic of nation building, the president now envisions taking over a Middle East enclave, driving out its Palestinian ...