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Panama Canal
noun
- a canal extending southeast from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean across the Isthmus of Panama. 40 miles (64 kilometers) long.
Panama Canal
noun
- a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: extends from Colón on the Caribbean Sea southeast to Balboa on the Gulf of Panama; built by the US (1904–14), after an unsuccessful previous attempt (1880–89) by the French under de Lesseps. Length: 64 km (40 miles)
Panama Canal
- Waterway across the Isthmus of Panama. The canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean . The United States built it from 1904 to 1914 on territory leased from Panama .
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Notes
Conflict between the United States and Panama has centered on control of the canal; a treaty was signed in 1977 returning control of the Canal Zone to Panama in 2000. Since that time, Panama has agreed to neutral operation of the canal.
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Trump has also ordered the United States military to develop plans to seize the Panama Canal.
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Most poignantly were threats to take back the Panama Canal and annex Greenland.
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In Washington, Trump backed his emissary’s threats, saying: “China is running the Panama Canal… and we’re going to take it back, or something very powerful is going to happen.â€
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Trump also repeated his goal of taking over Greenland and the Panama Canal.
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He repeated his desire for an American annexation of Greenland, promised American control of the Panama Canal and only made brief mention of Gaza and the Middle East.
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