Following Trump's remarks on Greenland and the Panama Canal, Newsweek has mapped what U.S. control of the regions would look like.
1519 - Pedro Arias Dávila founds Panama City, which quickly becomes the marketplace of Spain's empire as gold and silver are brought by ship from South America up the Pacific coast, transported ...
The U.S. acquired the rights to build and operate the canal in the early 20th century, but at the time, Panama was in the ...