Trump’s words reiterate an age-old American mythology regarding the relationship between the U.S. and Panama, one that hides a history of imperialism and exploitation. Is Trump’s rhetoric an ...

Old men full of bluster and bravado, brave because the threat of death is no theirs. Old men full of bluster and bravado are speaking of seizing the Panama Canal Zone.

On a sunny day last week, a group of American teen-agers marched up and raised a U.S. flag over their high school at Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone. It seemed an everyday thing to do. But in the ...

President-elect Donald Trump is not letting up on his suggestions that the US should retake the Panama Canal, an idea that has been rejected by the government of Panama, which has controlled the ...

Trump's proposal to regain control of the Panama Canal sparks controversy. Panama's president defends the canal's neutrality and sovereignty.

Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump’s comments on canal Earlier this month, Trump wouldn’t rule out using military force to take it back.

Trump’s Talk of the Panama Canal Taps Into Old Myths About U.S. Power 7 minute read A group of workers digging during the construction of the Panama Canal in Panama, circa 1910. Getty Images ...

President-elect Donald Trump is not letting up on his suggestions that the US should retake the Panama Canal, an idea that has been rejected by the government of Panama, which has controlled the ...

By threatening to reclaim the Panama Canal, Trump is evoking false stories about U.S. beneficence.