Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, living and dying under Jim Crow conditions that the U.S. imposed in Panama.

Every year, descendants of Black Caribbean workers who remain in Panama cross the canal to commemorate the deaths of their ancestors, throwing flowers into the water and singing mourning songs ...

What is the Panama Canal and when was it built? ... Panama declared independence in 1903 and soon signed a treaty allowing the U.S. to complete the canal. The U.S. project saw 5,600 worker deaths.

President-elect Donald Trump is decrying rising shipping fees Panama has imposed to use the Panama Canal. ... who built Egypt’s Suez Canal, ... Some 5,600 workers died later during the U.S ...

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 ...

History of the Panama Canal . The Panama Canal was built by the United States between 1904 and 1913, ... Theodore Roosevelt sits in a the carriage of a crane at the Panama Canal, while workers ...

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, ... Before it was built, ... a project begun by France that cost over 25,000 workers' lives.

Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, ...

Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, living and dying under Jim Crow conditions that the U.S. imposed in Panama.