BlackRock-Hutchison Panama ports deal: 25-year timeline to troubled waters
From Trump’s vow to retake Panama Canal to Beijing’s scathing attack on Hutchison’s deal, the Post chronicles the latest ...
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Opinion: Yes, the Panama Canal was built at a dear price — paid in Black lives
Increasing anti-imperial protests in Panama and the leadership of nationalist Gen. Omar Torrijos led to negotiations for a change in control of the canal, largely under Republican Presidents Nixon ...
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Trump’s threats to take over the Panama Canal anger many in the country
In 1977, Jimmy Carter and the Panamanian head of state Omar Torrijos finally signed the two treaties that make up the Torrijos-Carter Agreements. The Neutrality Treaty states that the permanent ...
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Manuel Noriega
As a young army colonel, Noriega found a mentor in General Omar Torrijos, who later seized power in a military coup—with Noriega’s help. Noriega took power for himself after Torrijos died in a ...