The social and racial divide along the Panama Canal Zone in its American heyday was stark: a silver and gold, segregated system of pay — and life. “Separate schools, clubhouses, commissaries ...

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal free ...

Society Neither the Panama Canal nor the Suez Canal: China’s $10 Billion bet on a new ‘Silk Road’ Beijing hopes to make a splash on the trade scene with the construction of the Pinglu Canal ...

An effort to establish a canal through Panama led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, who built Egypt’s Suez Canal, began in 1880 but progressed little over nine years before going bankrupt. Advertisement ...

The U.S. ceded control of the waterway to Panama in 1977, with the handover being completed in 1999. The Suez Canal, built in the 1800s, connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.

Newsweek reached out the Panama Canal Authority and Suez Canal Authority by email outside of normal business hours on Saturday evening for comment. Why It Matters.

The canal authority had contemplated that option for decades, especially as the population of the Panama City metro area swelled to 2.5 million, increasing demand for drinking water.

The Panama Canal and the Suez Canal are considered the world's two most important waterways. When did Panama gain control of the canal? The U.S. built the canal and operated it until a treaty ...

Eugene Kontorovich misreads a historical precedent in arguing for potential U.S. military involvement in Panama (“The U.S. Has Rights Over the Panama Canal,” op-ed, Feb. 5). When Egypt ...

Despite competition from the Suez Canal, Vásquez predicts that the Panama Canal will recover to pre-drought volumes, with a focus on larger vessels and energy-related trade.

Tensions between Panama and the U.S. rose after World War II, especially after the U.S. pressured France and the UK to give up on attempting to retake control of the Suez Canal from Egypt in 1956.

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later ...