In the early years of oceanic commerce, ships carrying goods between Europe and the Far East had to travel a long, circuitous 12,000-mile (19,308 km) route around the continent of South America. As early as the 1500s, Spanish rulers first explored the...

The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is a major ship canal that traverses the Isthmus of Panama in Central America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Construction of the canal was one of the largest and most difficult engineering...

Excerpts from "the first rough draft of history" as reported in The Washington Post on this date in the 20th century. Linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Central America, the Panama Canal is one of the world's greatest engineering marvels. Three weeks...

The Panama Canal is scheduled to revert fully to Panamanian control on Dec 31, 1999, though there are concerns that Panama is not up to the responsibility. Pres Ernesto Perez Balladares has tried to address those concerns, but not to the satisfaction of many....

Panama blasted away part of a hillside next to the canal on Monday, marking the start of the waterway's biggest expansion since it opened 93 years ago.In the presence of former President Carter, who signed the 1977 treaty that gave Panama control of the waterway,...

The building of the Panama Canal and the effects of Theodore Roosevelt's direct involvement in the process.

Explores U.S. involvement in The build of the Panama Canal. Debates why the United States became involved with Latin America. Discusses what contribution the Panama Canal had for U.S. interests.