Opinion: Yes, the Panama Canal was built at a dear price — paid in Black lives
Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, ...
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On Point: Protecting the Panama Canal -- and Waterfowl
From its Panama "ports," China can easily conduct direct air and sea drone attacks on ships and canal facilities -- even the locks. Water drones can lay anti-vessel mines, in the oceans or in Gatun ...
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China Saw Opportunity in the Panama Canal as US Interest Dwindled
1903-1914: President Theodore Roosevelt negotiated with the new nation ... Andrew R. Thomas' most recent book is The Canal of Panama and Globalization: Growth and Challenges in the 21st Century (2022) ...
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Panama celebrates a quarter-century’s ownership of its greatest asset
New Year’s marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the collective freakout known as Y2K, when overwrought tech aficionados ...
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Trump Carries the Big Stick?
Now, according to most US history books ... to Panama to assess the situation. Perhaps someone told Trump about Teddy Roosevelt’s braggadocio: “I took the Isthmus, started the canal and ...
Why Is This Long-Dead President Trump’s New Hero?
William McKinley, the 25th president, loved tariffs and expanded American territory. What more do you need to know?
Who was Ohio’s President McKinley, and why did Trump rename Denali for him?
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the mountain was named for McKinley in 1896 by William Andrews Dickey, a prospector ...
The Wrong Speech for a Divided Country
Ernest Hemingway, a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star, was ushered with other reporters into a press conference with ...