“We didn’t give the canal to the Chinese. We gave it to Panama,” Rubio declared after he toured one section of the locks, or the multiple complex of “water elevators” that flow ships up ...

But dependent on the US to protect their freedom from Colombia, Panama’s hands were tied. The US imported workers to build the canal from across the Caribbean. An ingenious system of locks ...

A cargo ship sails through the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal, in Panama City (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) From reproductive ...

Cargo ships pictured near the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon City, Panama, on December 28, 2024. Cargo ships pictured near the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon City ...

Of the many sweeping changes President Trump has been focused on during his return to the White House is control over the Panama Canal ... U.S. trade route. The canal uses locks at each end ...

(CNN) — Panama denied a claim made by the State ... posted on X alongside an image of a naval vessel entering the canal’s locks. Over the past 26 years the US has paid a total of $25.4 million ...

The Panama Canal is a 51-mile man-made waterway with locks and reservoirs connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving ships from a 7,000-mile detour around Cape Horn at South America’s ...