As Washington threatens and Panama refusing to back down, a struggle to control this key trade, security and immigration ...

He added: "We didn't give it to China, we gave it to Panama ... a Canal Zone reaching five miles on either side – cutting a swathe through the middle of the new republic. By the US army corps ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama ... a Canal Zone reaching five miles on either side – cutting a swathe through ...

Trump’s refusal to rule out the use of military force ... actors throughout the Canal Zone” will be an “issue of discussion” on the trip. Trump has also accused Panama of charging the ...

He and Republican allies are increasingly painting a dark scenario where the Panama Canal has secretly fallen under Chinese military control ... They are all over the Zone.” ...

"This increasingly creeping presence of Chinese companies and actors throughout the Canal Zone ... Panama, one of the closest U.S. partners in Latin America, R. Evan Ellis, a professor at the U.S ...

Greenland, home to a large U.S. military base, is an autonomous territory ... The U.S. returned the Panama Canal Zone to the country in 1979 and ended its joint partnership in controlling the ...

After Panama, he is due to visit El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. The Panama Canal has long been a symbol of Panama’s sovereignty and economic importance. The United ...

Moreover, Canada is closer to Greenland than Denmark and shares a land border on Hans Island. Existing ports, airfields and ...