But in the Canal Zone, what flag to ... were unfurled at Balboa (see map). Before long, a crowd of 150 Panamanian high school students appeared carrying Panama’s national emblem.

and for decades afterward in the U.S.-administered Panama Canal Zone, a stretch of land 5 miles on either side of the 50-mile canal governed as sovereign U.S. territory. “Gold dollars for the ...

The Canal Zone in Panama had been under U.S. control for nearly ... "So it very much created a road map of inequality," Corinealdi says. But President Carter alongside Panamanian military leader ...

It is a key part of Panama’s economy. In 2024, the canal earned nearly $5 billion in total profits. According to a study released in December by IDB Invest, 23.6% of Panama’s annual income is ...

Chinese antitrust regulators are investigating a US consortium’s deal for two ports in the Panama Canal zone, reportedly delaying the deal’s closing that was originally set for next week.