Los Angeles Times14d
Opinion: Yes, the Panama Canal was built at a dear price — paid in Black lives
They finally erupted on Jan. 9, 1964, when a group of students rushed to the Canal Zone and raised Panama’s flag over Balboa ...
Time26d
Panama: Crisis Over the Canal
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 ...
Tropic thunder: Why Trump wants the Panama Canal back
The critical waterway has a complex history. Why does Trump want it back? And what does China have to do with it?
KLTV22d
Panama bristles at Trump’s comments on the Panama Canal
On Jan. 9, 1964, students protested in the then-U.S. controlled canal zone over not being allowed to fly Panama’s flag at a secondary school there. The protests expanded to general opposition to the U ...
Penn Live22d
Panama pushes back against Trump’s plan to take control of the canal
On Jan. 9, 1964, students protested in the then-U.S. controlled canal zone over not being allowed to fly Panama’s flag at a secondary school there. The protests expanded to general opposition to ...
Washington Examiner26d
In the zone: Anti-Trump diatribes masquerade as Panama Canal history
And while it’s true that racial segregation existed in the Panama Canal Zone, with separate bathrooms, water fountains, and schools, this is not what caused the 1964 riots. Rather, it was a ...
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America’s Fraught, Sometimes Deadly, History With the Panama Canal
In January 1964, 21 Panamanians were killed by U.S. forces during riots sparked by a group of high-school students wanting to plant Panama’s flag in the Canal Zone. Panama’s President Roberto ...