President Trump is throwing his weight around in our hemisphere in a way we haven’t seen in a century, and it’s opening up doors.

The answer is simple: there is no greater or more idealistic symbol of U.S. power in the world than the Panama Canal. As Trump seeks a way to enhance the country's power in the world, leaning on ...

Failing to reach terms with Colombia to build a US canal, then US President Theodore Roosevelt sent gunships to Panama’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts to support calls for Panamanian independence.

The Panama Canal ... of the Suez Canal in Egypt, the U.S. took over construction in 1904. The canal was completed in 1914 under the leadership of President Theodore Roosevelt.

What’s With Trump and the Panama Canal ... obtained the right to construct and operate the canal in 1903 under President Theodore Roosevelt, who in his biography called it "by far the most ...